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HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that difficult and tragic constituency case. I would be grateful if he took the opportunity to meet me to discuss it in more detail, so…22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising an issue of which we are mindful. He will know that we are soon to embark on a process to reform lasting powers of attorney, to…22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this issue. The Government understand the important role that grandparents often play in children’s lives—I can very much relate to…22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising this issue in the House. I am happy to have a conversation and a meeting with him to discuss his proposals in greater detail. It is…22 Mar 2022HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Time Limits for ClaimsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this issue. The tribunal already has the discretion to provide the extension that she is seeking, where it considers it to be just and…22 Mar 2022HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Time Limits for ClaimsThe Government continue to look closely at extending time limits for these Equality Act cases. However, these decisions must take account of wider impacts across the justice…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe direct answer to the right hon. Gentleman’s question is that people will still be able to apply for visas in the normal way, so I hope that provides him with assurance. Lords…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. The Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster), was…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy recollection of the earlier proceedings relates to putting the matter firmly in guidance, but as I say, we are happy to meet to discuss it. We want to get it right, and we are…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy right hon. Friend is passionate in raising the issue and has done so constructively throughout the process. We are all cognisant of the need to ensure that we bring the evil…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI recognise entirely the interest that my hon. Friend shows in these matters. If I may, I will take that point away, ponder it and then comment on it specifically when I wind up…22 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineThe hon. Gentleman speaks with great passion about these matters. I have set out some detail about the work that is going on to speed up those processes, and I will come on to…16 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineTo illustrate the point I was making for the hon. Gentleman’s benefit, I repeat that it is important that we have agreement with Ukraine on how those matters are approached. It…16 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that particular perspective on this issue, and I will happily have a further discussion with him outside the Chamber about the…16 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineI will gladly take that point away and raise it with the noble Lord Harrington, who, as the right hon. Lady will recognise, has assumed his new role in the past few days. I am…16 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the spirit in which he comes at this issue. I can provide him with reassurance that there will be £10,500 of support for local…16 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point in some detail. It is probably best for me to take that point away as a pragmatic illustration of the sorts of challenges…16 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineI thank the hon. Gentleman for the work he has been doing as a constituency MP in aiding his constituents to come across to the United Kingdom. I hope I can give him a little bit…16 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineIt is fair to say that my hon. Friend has been a tireless advocate on these issues for many years, and he speaks with great authority about them. I hope I can provide him with…16 Mar 2022