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Commons Chamber
Tribunal and Inquiries - Fri 24 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) I beg to move,That the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Amendment - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) election being called is that the changes to graduate visas cannot be implemented. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Immigration and Asylum
1st reading - Wed 22 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) dwarfed because of the high net migration.My Bill would force us to think whether we really need to grant visas - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Unlike any other UK Government policy, that one has actually been a roaring success, having met and exceeded - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 22 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) Instead what they got was record immigration, constitutional vandalism and a broken economy. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) What he said in relation to graduate route visas was that if any restrictions were implemented, it would - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) In the first three months of this year, the visas issued are down by 25% and migration is on its way - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) place in our society, and we will not hesitate to use not just the full force of the law but our immigration - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Higher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report) - Tue 21 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Parekh (Lab - Life peer) We put all kinds of restrictions on visas for graduate students coming to us. - Speech Link
2: Lord Agnew of Oulton (Con - Life peer) However, since study visas were reintroduced in 2019, visas for India have increased by 900% and for - Speech Link
3: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The state that we have got ourselves into on immigration is ridiculous. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
China - Wed 15 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) activists in the UK? - Speech Link
2: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) ” across “most sectors of UK business and civil society”. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) between China and the UK is in a precarious state. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) We also introduced a British National (Overseas) immigration path, granting over 191,000 visas to date.During - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules - Tue 14 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) I used to think that spouse and family visas would be revised when a couple of Cabinet Ministers realised - Speech Link
2: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) My Lords, I believe that immigration in this country is out of control and has been for some time. - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Rules are intended to reduce immigration and encourage UK employers to invest in the resident workforce—a - Speech Link
4: None UK must meet the financial requirements of the family Immigration Rules, including where, for family - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Palestinians: Visa Scheme - Mon 13 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Cat Smith (Lab - Lancaster and Fleetwood) The Government state that Palestinians can come to the UK through existing immigration routes, but the - Speech Link
2: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) and the visas last three years. - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) People need to apply for a visa by filling in the form and contacting UK Visas and Immigration; then - Speech Link
4: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) He is a British citizen and his parents had visas to visit the UK last autumn. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Craftspeople: European Union Travel and Trade - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) economy in 2022, as well as the importance of trade between the UK and the EU. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab - Life peer) and train in craft from and to the UK and the EU has now virtually ceased. - Speech Link
3: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) Therefore, we have no tariffs and quotas for UK-EU goods trade. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) return to the UK and the value of language skills to our economy. - Speech Link
2: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) Rather than raising incentives to entice new workers to seek training to fill the empty slots, visas - Speech Link
3: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) To pick up on what my noble friend Lord Lilley said, we must allow no escape via immigration. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Inadmissible Asylum Seekers - Thu 09 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) The hardening of public opinion on immigration and asylum south of the border is quickly being reflected - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) not put their lives at risk by making unnecessary and dangerous journeys to the UK. - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LD - Life peer) For example, those who overstay visas have not come via a third country but have arrived directly. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) entered the UK by a dangerous and unnecessary method. - Speech Link