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HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. Given the nature of the clause, I will spend a few minutes outlining its impact to the Committee. The clause and…16 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Sixth sitting)Thankfully, we will see many jobs come back. The Chancellor himself said that it will be difficult to save every role, and we can see that some of the changes in our economy,…16 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Sixth sitting)There is a slight difference between talking about temporary roles in seasonal agriculture and carers, which is not a seasonal job. I represent a constituency with plenty of…16 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Halifax and for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East for tabling the new clauses. The objective of the immigration skills charge is to…16 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to talk about the new clause and to hear that my shadow agrees with me on some issues, but we slightly disagree on how best to evidence things. I accept that the…16 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Sixth sitting)They do, subject to the affirmative procedure, but that is—as we discussed under previous clauses and particularly in the clause 4 debate—for specified purposes. The measure does…16 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)When anyone takes the decision to go and live abroad, there is no guarantee that migration rules will not change while they are living abroad; rules have changed over the years…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)I thank the SNP and Labour spokespersons for their overall support of the clause. I think I have been clear that there is a very strong commitment to the common travel area.…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)The clause is minor and technical in its nature, but it is important for the implementation of the Bill and for a fully functioning statute book. Effectively, it states that the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)I do not expect this clause to be controversial, but given some of the evidence that we heard, it may be useful to set out one or two responses, especially the Government’s…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her speech and her interest in this section of the Bill. To be clear, paragraph 6 disapplies the directly effective rights deriving from the EU law that…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)The answer is partly that it is not possible to draw up an exhaustive list of directly affected law in terms of the EU because court judgments will affect that. One reason for the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Thank you, Sir Edward. I just thought I would be courteous, in case there was another hon. Member who wished to speak. Amendment 18, which stands in the name of the hon. Member…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)We will certainly talk to the Employment Minister. Again, I am conscious of the scope of the Bill and not going off more widely into our labour market strategies. One conversation…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Again, if people think, from what we have seen in the last few weeks, that the remedy for social care is to recruit more people at or near to the minimum wage from abroad, that is…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)I will reply briefly. I recognise the position of the Scottish National party on the Bill and on these particular proposals. There is a fundamental difference, but I assure the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward, and I will take on board the comments you have just made. If you will permit me, I would like to make a few…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Well, I do not think I would. Like I said, we would be reasonable in accepting late applications—for example, if somebody did not have EU settled status because they were a child…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)This has been a useful debate. As has been pointed out, amendment 16 would require the Government to establish a declaratory system for those eligible for residence rights under…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)I again thank the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East and his colleagues for tabling amendment 14 and allowing us to have this discussion. As the hon.…11 Jun 2020