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HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayIt is immoral if we stand by and watch people make dangerous crossings, pay thousands of pounds to criminals, and put their lives and those of others at risk, while we do nothing.…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayAll the measures will be taken through in the usual way.20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayI was clear about our responsibilities towards Hongkongers, and that the issues in relation to the Ukraine scheme are not going to change. However, the hon. Member will know that…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayThe Health Secretary and his Department are always reviewing and considering the arrangements. We need to ensure that we have a workforce capable of sustaining the national health…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and while it is not the direct responsibility of the Home Office, I will ensure that those conversations happen across Government and that…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on a fairer pathway to settlement for migrants. The story of migration in this country is woven through my own.…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayI am pleased to see that the Leader of the Opposition let the shadow Home Secretary have a go today. He seems overly concerned about my personal future, but he should worry about…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayMy hon. Friend brings a huge amount of personal experience to this discussion, having been a Minister herself, and she has a very august track record as a Select Committee Chair,…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayI do not propose to revisit the detail of our exchanges on Monday, but I will always listen to constructive contributions, wherever they come from in this House, and I will…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayWe always keep those thresholds under review, and we will continue to do so in relation to family and to bringing dependants over.20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayResults are all that matters. It is incumbent on me to think about the way that we have to reform the system, to make a public argument for it, to win that argument, to persuade…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayMy hon. Friend is right about the contribution that those nurses and other staff in the national health service are making. He will know that we are consulting specifically on the…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayFirst, let me put on record my congratulations to the hon. Gentleman on his engagement. The hon. Gentleman is an assiduous campaigner on domestic abuse issues, based on his own…20 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyCracking down on illegal working is crucial to all these reforms, and to ensuring that we can retain public consent not just for our asylum system but for our legal migration…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyLet me just make a point about Ukraine that I think was not understood fully by those who were questioning me at the weekend. It is a bespoke scheme created only for Ukrainians,…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI gently point out to my hon. Friend that we have a large number of failed asylum seekers—that is to say, people whose claims have not succeeded and who do not have the right to…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI am not going to provide a running commentary on countries. The right hon. Member will know that I referenced Syria specifically in my statement. Many thousands of Syrians were…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyWe will never send someone back to a country where they will be tortured—we will always abide by our international obligations in that regard. We believe that the totality of the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyIn designing the new system, we will take into account all the learnings from the Homes for Ukraine scheme and other models. We will work closely with the UN Refugee Agency and…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI agree with my hon. Friend. As I have set out, we will seek to encourage those on the core protection route to move on to the protection work and study route so that they can…17 Nov 2025