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HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyAs I said, some of those evacuated during Op Pitting and who would be considered under the criteria of the scheme will form part of that scheme, but there are two other avenues…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyThe hon. Gentleman describes an incredibly difficult case. If Mr Kamal’s family are in Afghanistan, I cannot give him a specific update on their safety and whereabouts, but I am…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyWe are setting out safe and legal routes for Afghans who need to be resettled. As the hon. Member will know, other countries across Europe through which people are making their…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyI am happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. We recognise the risk. We want to work with specialist organisations to ensure that we help the most vulnerable, which of course…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyAgain, I regret that the right hon. Lady did not hear what I said earlier, which is that for those people in Afghanistan at the moment, it is a very fast-moving situation. At this…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyI thank my hon. Friend’s local authorities. They have worked very closely with my Department in recent weeks, and I am grateful for that. He is absolutely right on the last point.…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyI am not going to tread on the ministerial territory of the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay, as that is not my role.…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyWe have today announced £20,520 per person over the next three years. This is because we want to enable local councils to front-load their integration support. We have, in…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyIn relation to the right hon. Gentleman’s first question about what people should be doing, I am trying to reflect the rapidly changing security situation in Afghanistan, so I…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyI seem to recall that my right hon. Friend asked the Prime Minister a question along those lines last week. May I ask him to liaise with the Under-Secretary of State for the Home…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyFirst, I thank the Scottish Government and, indeed, all the devolved Administrations for their constructive work with us so far. It genuinely is a great example of the United…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyI thank my right hon. Friend for that; I suspect he has identified one of the most common questions I am going to face this afternoon. That is completely understandable, because…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyIf I have understood the hon. Lady correctly, the person she is describing is already within the asylum scheme—13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyAgain, I am extremely grateful to the right hon. Lady for her question. The nub of the problem with people who are still in-country is that we are in the situation that we are in.…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyWill the hon. Lady give me the privilege of perhaps speaking to me afterwards, because I have misunderstood her question? I do apologise.13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments. He made some very constructive points and others that I will perhaps leave for Hansard to consider . He is absolutely right to…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyOn bridging accommodation, the hon. Gentleman will know, I hope, that we have had many thousands of people to rehouse out of quarantine very quickly. There are some 68 hotels…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyWith permission, Mr Speaker—thank you for accommodating this statement today—I would like to make a statement on the Government’s response to the situation in Afghanistan and…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyThat is precisely why I am working with Afghan civil society to ensure that we integrate people in a way that reflects the values we cherish so carefully as a country, while of…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyAgain, I really cannot be expected to make decisions such as the hon. Member describes at the Dispatch Box. The ARAP scheme has been defined by the MOD. We are setting out the…13 Sept 2021