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HANSARDImmigration (Citizens' Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020Certainly within a week or two, we expect we will be able to confirm the position. The furthest I can go this morning is that it is our intention to continue providing support…03 Mar 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI am afraid I will have to make progress, due to the time and the length of the debate. I also noticed that not many interventions were being taken on the Benches opposite. Next…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandIf the hon. Lady wishes to supply my officials with the details of that case, I would be happy to look into it.11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandIt is a pleasure to wind up this important debate, and I would like to thank the SNP for this opportunity to highlight the needs and challenges faced not only by Scotland but…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaI thank my hon. Friend for that point, and I think many people across many constituencies will be stunned by the attitude that some Labour Members are taking today.10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaIt has to be said that one of the people on the flight did a TV interview this morning, so there is provision for communications. Again, we have met the legal thresholds and the…10 Feb 2020HANSARD“Migration: Helping Scotland Prosper”Immigration is and will remain a reserved matter. This Government will introduce a points-based immigration system that works in the interests of the whole of the United Kingdom,…10 Feb 2020HANSARD“Migration: Helping Scotland Prosper”We have asked the independent Migration Advisory Committee on several occasions to look at the case for applying different immigration arrangements to different areas of the UK.…10 Feb 2020HANSARD“Migration: Helping Scotland Prosper”Again, we have made it very clear: the independent Migration Advisory Committee has set out in its report why it does not recommend this type of approach. Ultimately, we do not…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillTo be clear, Martin Forde QC, who is the independent adviser, is already in place, but we are looking to go through a recruitment process for the permanent appointment.10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI congratulate the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy), on her first speech at the Dispatch Box. It was an assured performance with well-thought…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillThat is why we are working with the stakeholder group and why we have an independent reviewer and a separate team. I have extended an invitation to my shadows, and I am happy to…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI will not comment on a case that has only just been concluded. We will consider the judgment in detail, as it may not mean quite what some take it to mean on the surface.…10 Feb 2020HANSARD“Migration: Helping Scotland Prosper”Let us be very clear: the Migration Advisory Committee has advised against such a system. It would create complexity, with businesses having to work out which staff were on one…10 Feb 2020HANSARD“Migration: Helping Scotland Prosper”Absolutely, and the suggestion from the Scottish Government that it would be implemented via the Scottish tax code is rather defeated by the fact that Scottish Members of…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will shortly confirm our policy on migration, and we will of course continue to have discussions across Government with the European Union to determine future status here in…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI share my right hon. Friend’s concerns, and we have been clear that people should make their asylum claim in the first safe country they reach. We work under the Dublin…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaRighting the wrongs suffered by the Windrush generation has been an absolute priority for this Government. People who arrived in this country as little more than infants, and who…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaI agree with the shadow Home Secretary that it is right that extensive checks are made before people are listed for deportation on a flight such as the one we are discussing. Let…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaLet us start with the review and when it will come. Ultimately, this is an independent review and the timing is in the hands of the reviewer. Ministers cannot compel it to be…10 Feb 2020