Mentions:
1: Viscount Goschen (Con - Excepted Hereditary) want to come to the UK, one needs to understand the strength of the regime that deals with those applications - Speech Link
2: Lord Sentamu (XB - Life peer) when I became Bishop of Stepney, I was given indefinite leave to remain but I never applied for naturalisation - Speech Link
3: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) He may need to go on universal credit, and universal credit applications take longer than 28 days to - Speech Link
4: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Davies, summarised the complex system that currently prevails, whereby applications - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) concerns a change in official guidance for immigration staff assessing good character in nationality applications - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) judiciary, going to the points that the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, mentioned, in determining its applications - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Issues to do with applications of Articles 3 and 8 are causing some challenges.That does not mean we - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) If you go the right route and seek asylum, naturalisation as a British citizen or indefinite leave to - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) To give the example of this week, if we find that family reunion applications have increased by over - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) of the reason for the problem of having a large number of people in hotels is that those asylum applications - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) I thank the Minister for her assistance in getting a reduction on the standard naturalisation fee, from - Speech Link
2: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) We agreed that those were not acceptable fee levels for applications made under the new route. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Brian Leishman (Lab - Alloa and Grangemouth) Although there may be exceptional situations in which applications are approved, the Government have - Speech Link
2: Brian Leishman (Lab - Alloa and Grangemouth) applying for citizenship, especially given the exorbitant cost of applying—British citizenship applications - Speech Link
3: Will Forster (LD - Woking) as a factor when assessing whether someone meets the so-called good character requirement for naturalisation - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) Naturalisation is something we should be strongly in favour of. - Speech Link
2: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) They would bring expertise, greatly improving the processing of applications and so forth, which we all - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) Having welcomed the repeal as“a positive step that recognises the importance of naturalisation, both - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) If applications are dealt with within a reasonable time, this should not be too much of an ask.Where - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) earlier this week, the Home Secretary herself praised Conservative policies when she noted that visa applications - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) course, we’re going to review the amount of time you can stay here before you need to make further applications - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and Kinross-shire) up to 71,000 refugees who have already been granted asylum could now be blocked from securing naturalisation - Speech Link
2: Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) The Home Office states that it takes fraud in visa applications seriously, but I know of a case involving - Speech Link
3: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) As I said earlier, we are keeping under close review the pause in Syrian asylum applications. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and Kinross-shire) Without access to naturalisation, many individuals who have lived and worked in, and contributed to, - Speech Link
2: None The guidance builds on statutory requirements to be eligible for naturalisation as a British citizen, - Speech Link
3: None New clause 5 seeks to create a right to naturalisation for refugees who are settled and have lived in - Speech Link
4: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) Where the reasons for coming to the UK include family or economic considerations, applications should - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) debating concerns two elements of our immigration system: the fees for immigration and nationality applications - Speech Link
2: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) maximum will be unlikely to have a significant impact on demand, estimating a 0.5% fall in ETA applications - Speech Link