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HANSARDImmigration (Persons Designated under Sanctions Regulations) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I said billion. It is 130 oligarchs, with a net worth of over £140 billion. I share the noble Lord’s astonishment at that figure. We have frozen over £18 billion-worth of Russian…05 Dec 2022HANSARDManston UpdateI thank both the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their speeches. The Home Secretary and the Minister for Immigration were updated over the weekend by Dame Jenny Harries of…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNet MigrationAs the noble Lord rightly observes, the net migration figures estimated by the ONS this year reflect the very unusual international circumstances in which we find ourselves. Home…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNet MigrationI reassure the noble Baroness that the Government have no plans to ban students.29 Nov 2022HANSARDNet MigrationIt may assist my noble friend if I remind the Chamber that work visas are 82% higher than they were in 2019 and that this is in part driven by an increase in health and care…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNet MigrationI note what the noble Lord says.29 Nov 2022HANSARDNet MigrationI entirely agree with the noble Lord that the country benefits vastly from legal migration. Indeed, that is why we have arrangements to achieve that objective.29 Nov 2022HANSARDNet MigrationI thank my noble friend for that question. The position is that the types of students who are now availing themselves of British educational opportunities tend to be older, and…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNet MigrationI thank the noble Baroness for the opportunity to clarify the position. The ONS prepares these estimates in its own way, and it is utilising on this occasion a new methodology…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateIt is because the Government believe in encouraging migration via safe and legal routes, and not by those who choose simply to cross the channel in a small boat.29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateThe answer is clear from Dame Jenny Harries that those with diphtheria contracted it prior to entering the UK. It seems that the conditions through which they travelled in other…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateI agree with the noble Baroness that the reason these problems arose was the speed with which people were crossing the Channel illegally: that gave rise to the condition. The…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateI entirely get the sense of the noble Baroness’s question. The accommodation, as I say, is run by three contractors on behalf of the Home Office and I would sincerely hope that…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateTaking that question in reverse order, yes, the conditions are now suitable for those held there. I do not have the answer as to whether people were transferred directly from…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateI understood the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, to ask me whether those who had arrived at Manston should be given a humanitarian visa and be inoculated. That is not the case. On the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateThe short answer is that that is not the Government’s policy. We have safe and legal routes from the countries that I have already identified, and we do not propose to open any…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateAs the noble Baroness is aware, the vast majority of those crossing the channel are single young men, so the issue has arisen in relation to single men. I do not know the answer…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateI am not sure that that is in order.29 Nov 2022HANSARDNet MigrationThe Government are committed to controlling immigration and ensuring that it works in the UK’s best interests. Our immediate priority is continuing to tackle abuse in the system…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNet MigrationI note what my noble friend says, but the level of provision of medical training is a matter for the Department of Health and the Department for Education.29 Nov 2022