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HANSARD Immigration and Nationality StatisticsI will make some remarks; I know the hon. Lady has already contributed. That is why we are pursuing a new approach to end the overreliance on international recruitment by ensuring…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Immigration and Nationality StatisticsThe hon. Gentleman can come back in a moment. The proposal to send asylum applicants to Rwanda was impractical, costly and would not have worked to reduce irregular migration. We…18 Dec 2024HANSARDDiscrimination Against Ethnic MinoritiesThe right hon. Lady will be aware that it is illegal to discriminate in the way she has described. I will certainly ensure that her question is followed up with the relevant…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Immigration and Nationality StatisticsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. As I said, we do keep our statistics under review. He will also know that a lot of research on the cost and benefit of migration…18 Dec 2024HANSARDeVisasThe Home Office is developing a border and immigration system that is more digital and streamlined. E-visas—which over 6 million people have been successfully using for several…04 Dec 2024HANSARDVisa SponsorshipThe Home Office is committed to minimising abuse of the visa and immigration system by unscrupulous employers. We are now setting out our first steps to deliver on our manifesto…28 Nov 2024HANSARDImmigration Rules ChangeMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a statement of changes in immigration rules. Introduction of a visa requirement on Colombia We are today…26 Nov 2024HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeWe are determined to honour our commitment to those who supported us in Afghanistan and who stood up for freedom and democracy, placing their own lives at risk. To date, the…25 Nov 2024HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for her question. The death and destruction in Gaza are intolerable, and I assure her that that application is being looked at very closely and she should…25 Nov 2024HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI thank the hon. Lady for her question, and for all her work for those who are here from Afghanistan. We continue to seek to email and notify all individuals currently resettled…25 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe death and destruction in Gaza are intolerable. Palestinians who wish to join family members in the UK must do so via the range of existing routes that are available, but if my…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIndefinite Leave to Remain: Healthcare WorkersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan), for securing this…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Family and Work VisasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. I thank the hon. Member for Belfast South and Mid Down (Claire Hanna) for securing this debate. There has been…13 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2024. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Betts. The…30 Oct 2024HANSARDDraft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2024It may be more helpful for me to write to the shadow Minister on a number of his questions. However, I thank him for his constructive response in that this issue pre-dated the…30 Oct 2024HANSARDBlack History MonthIt is a pleasure and an honour to close today’s debate and to follow the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for East Grinstead and Uckfield (Mims Davies). Our paths have crossed on…24 Oct 2024HANSARDScottish Visa SchemeThe hon. Gentleman knows that net migration must come down. It trebled under the last Government, largely driven by overseas recruitment. Immigration is a reserved matter, working…21 Oct 2024HANSARDScottish Visa SchemeThe hon. Gentleman has raised this issue on a number of occasions. He will be aware that we are not introducing a Scottish visa scheme or devolving control of immigration policy,…21 Oct 2024HANSARDScottish Visa SchemeWe are committed to working with the Scottish Government on this and all issues. Indeed, many of the levers to address depopulation in Scotland are in powers that the Scottish…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. It was a shocking report, and one that the previous Government refused to publish. I would be very happy to meet him and other hon.…21 Oct 2024