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HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)An example where an Irish citizen has been deported from the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland. Alison Harvey: I was looking at this recently for an article and I think there…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)You talked about automatic status—granting something under a piece of legislation to someone. Under your suggested system, how, in decades to come, would an adult evidence the…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q I have two questions, one for each witness; I will ask them both and then we can just cover them off at the same time. The first question is to Mr Goodhart. I noticed that the…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Yes. Effectively, there are negotiations ongoing, and the issue is what happens if the Government reached an agreement and wished to implement it before that time. Jeremy Morgan:…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)A Minister cannot breach international law in regulations. Would you have any concerns if the legislation, for example, did not empower a Minister to quickly implement an…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Speaking as a Minister, a Minister cannot make a regulation that breaches international law, just to be clear on that point. Would you have concerns if, for example, an…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)It was about what implications you see for British citizens in Europe regarding social security co-ordination provisions in the Bill. Jeremy Morgan: May I start by thanking the…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Okay, we will leave it there. I think you have made the points that are needed.09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Yes. If they had to evidence their status many years later, how would they do it? How would they be able to define their status, as against someone who arrived in March 2021, for…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q Certainly, Mr Stringer. The question was an open one, directed at both witnesses, and it was basically about how they see small businesses adapting to the proposed new…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you have any particular thoughts on how businesses will engage with this system? Ian Robinson: In terms of the skilled part of the system, we will have one of the better…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q I should like to ask both witnesses this. Part of the process of moving to a single migration system, which the Bill sets the framework for, is to simplify the immigration…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Just to be clear, I used the figure of 3.2 million in terms of decisions as well as the figure for applications. Coming on to the social security co-ordination parts of the…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q As you appreciate, Mr Piper, the Bill ends the provisions for freedom of movement in UK law, but we have the European settlement scheme set up to protect the rights of those…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)No. Bella Sankey: But it is all there on the public record. As I say, the law as it stands has applied in a blunt and discriminatory way against the black community, and this Bill…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q In your briefing, you suggest two amendments to the Bill related to granting an automatic status. How do you suggest that a child, who may need to rely on a status in some…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q 64 It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. Mr Morgan, what implications do you see for British citizens living in Europe regarding the social security…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q The Migration Advisory Committee also advised specifically against having regional variations in the migration policy, specifying that there should not be any in the Bill. Is…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q Some of the earlier witnesses—particularly those from the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and especially from the Federation of Small Businesses—talked about the need…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)In terms of that general route for recruitment, the MAC made some specific comments on the care sector, again in the context of the Bill ending freedom of movement. It was very…09 Jun 2020