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HANSARDImmigration Policies: ScotlandThe points-based system serves the whole United Kingdom, and as noted in the Migration Advisory Committee annual report, immigration policy cannot be a complete solution to…22 May 2023HANSARDVisa Applications from Afghanistan: Women and GirlsMore than 24,000 people have arrived in the UK from Afghanistan under or since Operation Pitting, of whom 21,000 have been resettled under the Afghan relocations and assistance…22 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Immigration Bill: Devolved AdministrationsI think that I just made clear that I have reached out to colleagues in the Scottish Government. But immigration is a reserved matter, and it is a matter for this Parliament to…22 May 2023HANSARDYarl’s Wood: SercoThe Government take the protection of the public and security incidents at immigration detention centres extremely seriously. I met senior Serco executives on 4 May to discuss…22 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the manner in which he has defended his constituents on this difficult issue. Although housing asylum seekers in more rudimentary accommodation…22 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can assure the hon. Lady that our intention is that there will be no diminution in accommodation standards, whether for asylum seekers or anybody else, but it is critical that…22 May 2023HANSARDVisa Applications from Afghanistan: Women and GirlsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for the tenacious way in which she has represented her constituents. She knows that I intervened personally to seek a swift resolution to this case.…22 May 2023HANSARDVisa Applications from Afghanistan: Women and GirlsI would be very happy to look into that. I remember that the hon. and learned Lady has campaigned on this issue for some time, since the fall of Kabul, so perhaps a useful way…22 May 2023HANSARDVisa Applications from Afghanistan: Women and GirlsAs my hon. Friend has said, the Taliban have banned Afghan women and girls from competing in sports and exercising in gyms. Afghan women who competed in sports, ranging from…22 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Immigration Bill: Devolved AdministrationsI am in regular correspondence with the devolved Administrations about the Illegal Migration Bill. I recently met the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs…22 May 2023HANSARD Psilocybin TreatmentsI see that point. In a moment, I will come on to the work that the Government are doing in that regard, and more broadly, to facilitate research and make it more accessible to a…18 May 2023HANSARD Psilocybin TreatmentsIf my hon. Friend already knew the answer to his question, I wonder why he asked it in the first place.18 May 2023HANSARD Psilocybin TreatmentsI do not know the answer to that question, but I will happily ask officials who are listening to respond. It sounds like a matter for the Department of Health and Social Care…18 May 2023HANSARD Psilocybin TreatmentsI am afraid I do not know the precise departmental visit that my right hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South is on. But knowing him, if he was here, he would certainly wish to…18 May 2023HANSARD Psilocybin TreatmentsI am by no means an expert in this field, but I think I am suggesting that were this to be a drug that is licensed, it would need to go through the MHRA process in the usual way.…18 May 2023HANSARD Psilocybin TreatmentsMy hon. Friend has made his point very powerfully. Of course the Government’s ambition is to ensure that NICE, the MHRA and all our regulators work in the most research-friendly…18 May 2023HANSARD Psilocybin TreatmentsI understand the hon. Lady’s point. As I have said, the Government are funding research into psilocybin and its effect on patients with certain conditions. What we are discussing…18 May 2023HANSARD Psilocybin TreatmentsIn the years that I have served as a Minister, I do not think I can recall a debate in which expectations were set so low about my response before I even stood up. I thank my hon.…18 May 2023HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsI am happy to do so, because that is a valid point that has been raised. In the limited time that I have available, I would like to address the important question raised about the…11 May 2023HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsI congratulate both the Backbench Business Committee and in particular the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms) on securing the debate and his characteristically…11 May 2023