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HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI thank my noble friend for that question. I have to go back to what I said earlier, I am afraid. We believe that visas are an important security tool. However, there are safe and…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI understand the point about ships, but there are no direct travel routes from Ukraine to this country at the moment. The safest route for people to leave Ukraine is via…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI do not know how difficult it is at the moment to get from Poland to this country, but I take the noble and learned Baroness’s point. As I have already said, I am afraid the…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI thank the right reverend Prelate for his sympathy. I do not know, unfortunately, what conversations will be had with those neighbouring countries, but they must, by definition,…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesThe noble Lord has obviously had better access to Google in the past few minutes then I have, so I apologise for being unable to answer the earlier question on flights because I…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, for meeting my noble friend Lady Williams last week and for the…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillWith the greatest respect to the noble Lord, under the rules of Report stage, one is allowed to speak only once during the debate.28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI think it might be helpful to refer to some of the things that my right honourable friend the Home Secretary announced earlier today. She said: “Ukrainian nationals on an…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI thank the noble Lord for that. On the family side, we are allowing Ukrainian family members, settled persons or British nationals to come to or remain in the UK where they would…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesIt is not a simple yes or no question, as the noble Lord knows. There are safe and legal routes, as I have tried to explain, via the visa application centres and via the family…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI thank my noble friend for that question. It is important to restate that this Government have done a hell of a lot to support Ukraine.28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesObjectively, they have. I also think it is important to emphasise again that visas are an important security tool. There are, unfortunately, a small number of people who, due to…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesMy Lords, I do not think it is fair to talk about fruit-picker visas. I would also point out that, as I have just said, there are no direct travel routes from Ukraine to the UK at…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI answered partially that question earlier, when I talked about the announcements that my right honourable friend the Home Secretary has made. I will not run through those again,…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI am afraid I do not know what conversations are being had with the devolved Administrations, but I would imagine they are ongoing in the normal way.28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI agree that we should be kind to strangers, and I am afraid I do not agree that the Government’s policy is not in accord with Christian teachings.28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesI am afraid I do not have those statistics to hand. I will have to write to the noble Lord.28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI think I have already answered that question. It is to do with the generations born outside British territory, so yes. As the Government have consistently stated, allowing…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI can only deal with it by extension, which is to say that it would be contrary to long-standing government policy to even deal with it. I have listened very carefully to this…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I turn first to Amendment 2. As has been acknowledged, there are differences in adoption law in various parts of the UK.…28 Feb 2022