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HANSARDSudden Cardiac Arrest12. What steps his Department is taking to improve survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest.19 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. When will we see the end of short formation trains on the Southern rail network? On the Lewes to Eastbourne stretch, we are on four-carriage trains every day. When will this…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But even EU citizens now, as we are still members of the EU, still have to apply for settled status. There is a process in place and they have to have lived here for six months…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I just want to clarify something. You seemed to suggest that EU citizens who are living here now do not have to apply for any settled status, but that is not the case, is it?…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Okay, but there is a process in place now. Although we have free movement, which this Bill aims to end, there is already a process in place that people from the EU have to…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But that is the case now? Professor Smismans: That is the case now.14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q So there is a process that EU citizens have to follow in this country, if they want to apply for settled status. Professor Smismans: This is the process for settled status that…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q For British citizens in other EU members states, do they have to apply for ID cards now as current members of the EU? Professor Smismans: For ID cards, no. That is a national…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q For those British citizens, as EU citizens now, what are the consequences if they do not apply for an ID card in that particular country? Professor Smismans: That depends on the…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Could you give me an example? Professor Smismans: In some countries, it will create problems in getting access to public services if people are not registered. Under EU law, they…14 Feb 2019HANSARDRural Roads: HGV Traffic9. What steps he is taking to reduce HGV traffic on rural roads.14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q Is your proposal across the board for all detainees, or would it exclude groups such as foreign national offenders? Bella Sankey: The proposal is for a universal time limit that…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q I have a question to Bella Sankey on your concern about removing indefinite detention. I do not necessarily disagree with that, but I am interested in why you are supporting a…14 Feb 2019HANSARDRural Roads: HGV TrafficI thank the Minister for that answer, but will he look at introducing mandatory commercial sat-navs to all HGVs, so they avoid using rural roads and stick to the A roads they…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor Kinnair, the chair of the Migration Advisory Committee gave evidence to us this morning, and he said that he did not feel that immigration should be used to deal with…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q You have both said in your evidence that the scope of the Bill does not cover future immigration policy, but do you have a view on how quickly that future immigration policy…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)But do you have an idea of what the scale of that effect will be? Professor Ryan: No, but impressionistically, there has been a significant increase in EU migration over the past…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Professor Ryan, do you have a view on that? Professor Ryan: I think it would be surprising if it did not have an effect on numbers.12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Clause 1 basically repeals free movement between the EU and the UK. Do you think that that will have an effect on overall immigration to the UK? Professor Manning: We do not focus…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q I want to get your views on clause 1, which will repeal free movement of EU citizens. What effect will that have on overall immigration to the UK? Professor Manning: I must…12 Feb 2019