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HANSARDRefugees: UK Resettlement SchemeWe have been welcoming refugees through the UK resettlement scheme since its launch in March 2021. That commitment will ensure that we continue to offer safe and legal routes to…22 Nov 2021HANSARDRefugees: UK Resettlement SchemeThe comments by Richmond Council certainly contrasted with the approach that the Lib-Dem leader of Torbay Council took when first asked to take part in the Afghan resettlement…22 Nov 2021HANSARDImmigration Rules: Statement of ChangesMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a statement of changes in immigration rules. We have made changes to the immigration rules which will…10 Sept 2021HANSARD Forced Repatriation of Chinese Seamen from Liverpool After World War TwoI thank the hon. Member for his comments. It is hard to come to any other conclusion from reading the paperwork of the time, and let us be clear that, at the time, racism was…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Forced Repatriation of Chinese Seamen from Liverpool After World War TwoI congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Kim Johnson) on securing the debate, and on being such a passionate advocate on this issue. I am sure that we all wish her…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Forced Repatriation of Chinese Seamen from Liverpool After World War TwoI certainly join the hon. Member in condemning those who seek to use any time of crisis as an opportunity to sow division, to exacerbate community relations or to peddle their own…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Amnesty for Undocumented MigrantsI have less than two minutes, I am afraid. I appreciate that you wanted to give people time, Mr Hosie, but as the Minister I have only eight minutes to wind up, which is pretty…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Amnesty for Undocumented MigrantsIt is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Tom Hunt) for opening this debate—opening a petition…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Amnesty for Undocumented MigrantsI will not, as I have less than five minutes and this has been a lengthy debate. The Government remain committed to an immigration policy that welcomes and celebrates people who…19 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Testing: Border ForceI am certainly happy to look into that if the hon. Member provides the detail. She will appreciate that Border Force’s first priority is to maintain our defences against covid-19.…12 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Testing: Border ForceComprehensive guidance and training plans have been developed and are continually reviewed to ensure that all Border Force and frontline officers are trained in new policy,…12 Jul 2021HANSARD EU Settlement SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for his comments: obviously, he has a unique perspective on these issues, given his chairmanship of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs. It is always…07 Jul 2021HANSARD EU Settlement SchemeOur determination has always been to get as many as possible to apply, first by the deadline and now that it has passed. I repeat the message I gave at the end of last week: if…07 Jul 2021HANSARD EU Settlement SchemeI am sure the shadow Secretary of State is also aware that at many of the crossing points from the United States into Canada there is full passport control. Presumably, that is…07 Jul 2021HANSARD EU Settlement SchemeAs the first Home Office Minister to come to the Dispatch Box since this afternoon’s news, I would like to pay tribute to my colleague and right hon. Friend the Member for Old…07 Jul 2021HANSARD EU Settlement SchemeThis is where we disagree. It will not give EU nationals great comfort if, in years to come, there is a status that they will have to try to prove backwards, having realised that…07 Jul 2021HANSARD EU Settlement SchemeI thank the hon. Member for the overall tone of his question. First, we have made it very clear that landlords and employers do not need to make retrospective checks. We have been…07 Jul 2021HANSARD EU Settlement SchemeThe hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. To be clear, if someone is a British citizen and entitled to go through that process, they cannot be granted status under the EUSS.…07 Jul 2021HANSARD EU Settlement SchemeIt is a part of the EUSS, and it would be odd if we said that we would accept unreasonable grounds. It would seem a bit weird to put that in the immigration status. As I have…07 Jul 2021HANSARD Immigration RulesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, MsVey. I thank the hon. Member for Glasgow North East (Anne McLaughlin) for securing the debate with the right hon. Member for…07 Jul 2021