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HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3There will always be arguments for and against figures. That is the settled position of the Government and I am not in a position today to comment any further on it. The hon.…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersThe right hon. Gentleman knows a great deal about such matters and he is absolutely right. When he describes it as “medieval misogyny”, he has, once again, put his finger on an…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersI wish to thank the hon. and gallant Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) for raising this important issue and for pursuing this matter in such a determined and tenacious way.…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersI thank the hon. and gallant Gentleman for his pertinent comments. As he rightly says, there are 28 million people in need of support in Afghanistan and the position is…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3I am not going to give way for a moment, but I will of course give way to my hon. Friend in due course. For eight weeks last summer, we invited British Council contractors,…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3I come now to the Foreign Office’s role in the pathway 3 expressions of interest process. The Foreign Office is responsible for administering referrals in the first year of ACRS…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3May I express my delight, privilege, personal pleasure and honour at serving under your chairmanship, Sir Charles? I am grateful to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon),…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersWe are all desperately sorry about the appalling death of the hon. Gentleman’s constituent, but cognisant of the good work that has resulted from her passing. He makes an…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersThe right hon. Lady is absolutely right to describe that as chilling. The trouble with conditionality is that it may not have any impact on the Taliban Government, but if we…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3May I complete the point, because I am coming on to the precise number he asked about? I know there is a desire for specific numbers, and details of each cohort and their position…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3On my hon. Friend’s second point, I am unable to say. Currently, the position is clear: 1,500 is the limit, and that includes dependents. I am very clear about that. My hon.…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3People arrive by different streams, so that is true of some of them but not all of them. The Government have also put in place support for eligible Afghans once they have arrived…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3It is also why any offer of a place on the ACRS is contingent on an individual satisfying those security checks. We are pleased that for many the initial security checks have now…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3Yes.19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3If my hon. Friend will bear with me until I have finished making sure that I get these points correctly on the record, I will clarify most of the points that he raises.19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3I think it would be helpful to clarify that there are 30 members of staff working on this.19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3Sir Charles.19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersWithin the parameters of proper and orderly governance, we do precisely that, as the hon. Gentleman would expect. To the first part of his question, we are working with all…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersMy hon. Friend is entirely right that all our support is through non-Government agencies in Afghanistan. We do not have normal relations with the Taliban, but we recognise…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersWhat the hon. Gentleman says is entirely correct. The commitment I can give him is that we are enormously seized of the difficulties of the situation. We are doing everything we…19 Jan 2023