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HANSARDUkraineThey are offensive and not reasonable. I am very sorry that the SNP does not want to listen to a word I have to say, but there has to be recognition that we have been working…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineThank you, Mr Speaker. You effectively asked the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Angus Brendan MacNeil) to be quiet. He contacted me with a case at the weekend—I think it…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineThat is a case that the hon. Gentleman has already been in touch with me about. We are looking into it.01 Mar 2022HANSARDPoints of Orderindicated assent.01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement updating the House on the Government’s humanitarian response to the terrible, unjust war that Putin is waging in Ukraine. We…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineFirst, it is important to recognise that the British Government are the first Government to outline practical measures on how to bring people to the United Kingdom— […01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. Friend summarises the situation very clearly and correctly. That is exactly what we are doing, and creating pathways and routes means working with countries in the…01 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillFollowing the announcement made by the Prime Minister in his statement on Thursday 24 February in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Government are today introducing…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineThe hon. Lady has just made the case that I constantly make across Departments when it comes to accommodation. We do not want people in hotels. There is estate and Government…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineIt is an important point. Discussions have taken place; the Immigration Minister started discussions last week with Neil Gray. Those discussions must take place on a near-daily…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI will be very frank: we do not know at this stage. The Secretary of State for Levelling Up will make statements and share with the House in due course details of the community…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words and comments. He is absolutely right that we will hear many more cases of elderly relatives and grandparents—that is a fact—which is…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineNo, and my hon. Friend is right to say that. I have said it already during the statement, but the situation is deteriorating—that is just a fact. We have been able to turn cases…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineAbsolutely. I would like to pick up both cases, and what I would say is please send the information to us, so that we can advise people of where they can go and save time in this…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI absolutely reject the hon. Lady’s comments about round the Nationality and Borders Bill, because this is the equivalent of a safe route and it is a Government-sponsored scheme.…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineYes, of course. I will need to see the case, as well, because the hon. Lady is raising it for the first time. I will pick that up.01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineIf I may, I will clarify a couple of things to the hon. Gentleman. First, in terms of what I said about casework yesterday, Members raise casework on the Floor of the House, and…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. To emphasise his point, this is a crisis that does not sleep and does not rest: this is 24/7. We are standing up an operation tomorrow in…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI am sure that can be done, because that will be documents of permission to travel.01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI have to say that I find the hon. Gentleman’s comments quite offensive. They are insulting in every single way. [ Interruption. ] For the first time, the SNP should stop playing…01 Mar 2022