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HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeI do not want to waste time by repeating myself, but I will meet the POA. I cannot agree on the Floor of the Chamber to negotiate, but I hope that the POA, having met me,…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeIf the hon. Lady is quick.16 Nov 2021HANSARDHMPPS Staff: Government Pay PolicyI am delighted to inform the right hon. Gentleman that I have met not just the POA but the Prison Governors Association and many of the smaller unions that represent the interests…09 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for drawing the House’s attention to that tragic case. She will know that we asked the ombudsman to examine it in detail, and we are very grateful to the…09 Nov 2021HANSARDHMPPS Staff: Government Pay PolicyI start by thanking all prison and probation officers and staff across the country. They do an absolutely vital job protecting the public and rehabilitating offenders, and they…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeAgain, I am afraid this is one of those answers that no Minister wants to give. I refer the hon. Lady to the “Dear colleague” letter that was published on 13 September. We simply…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. May I also take the opportunity to thank the Scottish Government for the work they are doing to help us with our resettlement…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend and very much echo his observations about international partners in the region; it is important that we do everything we can to…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI have not banned the hon. Member from acting on behalf of her constituents, and, if I may say so, I do not expect to see that wording repeated outside this Chamber, because it is…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeAs I would say to any other Member of this House, if a request for a meeting has not been acted on, please speak to me at any time, because I will ensure that it happens. I hope…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeOn the matter of unaccompanied children in Doha, we have to ensure that the family members who have been put forward are who they claim to be, or who people have claimed them to…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeIn answer to the hon. Lady’s many questions, she may recall that, in the course of the oral statement on 13 September and indeed in the “Dear colleague” letter that accompanied…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeIn relation to communications with the Home Office, as I said in the “dear colleague” letter, we are collating that data and will consider how to use it in due course. We have to…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI promised in my statement to the House on 13 September that I would update the House regularly on Operation Warm Welcome. I am in the process of drafting a “Dear colleague”…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeAs I have said to other hon. Members, the fact is that we do not have British Army presence or consular presence in Afghanistan, and we are very much bound by those constraints…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI can certainly provide my right hon. Friend with that assurance. We want to get this right, which is why it is taking us a bit of time. I understand the concerns of colleagues,…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI can deal with the hon. Gentleman’s point on Chevening scholars. The scheme has not been launched yet. We want to get this right, so I am afraid that I will have to give him the…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for highlighting one of the factors that I must bear in mind while I am at the Dispatch Box and that the Government must bear in…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI am grateful to my hon. Friend. If he would not mind contacting me afterwards regarding the accommodation point, I am very happy to take that up.25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeGiven the range of issues that the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee has understandably raised, may I invite the right hon. Lady to meet me to discuss some of them? There are…25 Oct 2021