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HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeThis compensation scheme is not comparable with any other type of compensation scheme that has been constructed by Government. I have explained already to the House how the scheme…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeAs I outlined in my statement, I have been unequivocal on the change that is required at the Home Office. When I made my original statement following the publication of the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeIf the hon. Lady would provide the details of that claim, I will look at it. My door is always open, as I have made quite clear every time I come to the House of Commons.23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI dispute and disagree with the hon. Gentleman’s tone and his comments. I am not sure whether he has read Wendy Williams’s review; I do not think so.23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That commission is absolutely complementary to the work that we are doing with the Windrush lessons learned review. We must look at all these…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI am sorry that the hon. and learned Lady takes that tone. We have resourced third-party organisations, stakeholder groups and citizens advice bureaux to provide outreach and help…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeAs I have said, I will return to the House to outline how we will be implementing the recommendations from the lessons learned review.23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for his comments and his questions, and he is right. I am really sorry that Members on the SNP Front Bench want to belittle my colleagues when they are…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeThe right hon. Lady is absolutely right. I have seen her letter, for which I thank her, and she will get a response to the specific points that she has just raised. She is right…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend is right. For all Members who have read the Wendy Williams report, it is devastating reading—there are no two ways about that. That is why we should all come…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI refer the hon. Lady to my statement and the comments I have made already. I am sure she has heard my commitment to getting compensation to individuals—she sits there and shrugs…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have been humbled by many of the representatives I have met from community groups and churches. I mentioned Bishop Webley, who will be…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the Windrush compensation scheme. Yesterday, we celebrated Windrush Day, which marks the 72nd anniversary of the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeWould the hon. and learned Lady let me respond to the question from the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi),without intervening? There are plenty of examples in the report, as…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to speak specifically about the changes required in the Home Office. We have already set that work in train—we did so straight after the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeThe hon. Lady refers to a dreadful programme that was aired just 10 days ago which, as she says, involved her constituent. I understand that an interim compensation payment has…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have clearly outlined today the work that is required, not only by the Department but culturally, in terms of leadership and dedicating the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeBecause I am here today giving an unequivocal commitment to ensuring that the recommendations are implemented, and to ensuring that we bring about justice for those individuals…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend has heard what I have said about the compensation scheme. He is right: there is a process. That process already has 13 separate categories where considerations are…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeFirst and foremost, my priority is to implement the Windrush recommendations. As the right hon. Gentleman and the House have heard me say, there are many complexities in the…23 Jun 2020