Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Fees charged by the Home Office for immigration and nationality applications are an essential part of - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) refugees who wish to stay in Britain and have skills will be able to apply for new work and study visas - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Secondly, there is the concern about travel restrictions, including visas and passports. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ludford (LD - Life peer) become another Windrush scandal—the loss of funding for organisations to assist people with their applications - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) We will work with the national agency to encourage people to sign up when applications open, and we welcome - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Manuela Perteghella (LD - Stratford-on-Avon) Will the Government ensure urgent help through consulates, high commissions and the UK Visas and Immigration - Speech Link
2: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) The turnaround time on these applications is good; we are looking at within four weeks and, on average - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) Anyone who has an eVisa must ensure their travel document is linked to their visa via their UK Visas - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) Fees charged by the Home Office for immigration and nationality applications are an essential part of - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Patel (XB - Life peer) output from medical schools, which will increase even more in future years; an increase in post-2019 visas - Speech Link
2: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) They cannot rewind their applications. They cannot be judged against a different standard. - Speech Link
3: None This includes doctors on spousal visas who are permanent residents married to British citizens, yet who - Speech Link
4: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) Let me clarify that current UK foundation programme applications for 2026 show almost 300 applicants - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) Can I ask about applications from overseas? - Speech Link
2: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Eligibility applications were completed last July and foundation programme applications in September. - Speech Link
3: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) There is a bottleneck of our own making: 12 applications for one post is a disaster. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) This proxy is being used because applications for posts starting in 2026 have already been made. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Stevens of Birmingham (XB - Life peer) For 2027 and beyond, rightly, there is the suggestion in the Bill that applications will be prioritised - Speech Link
2: Baroness Coffey (Con - Life peer) It is unclear, therefore, how this might work.I appreciate that what happened with visas has been cited - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) The issue of any visas required by graduates, of course, is outside the contract, as work permits for - Speech Link
4: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) Staff-grade jobs that were difficult to fill even five years ago are now inundated with applications, - Speech Link
5: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) Because applications for posts starting in 2026 have already been made. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab - Salford) to settlement, end retrospective changes, protect refugees and BNO families, reform skilled worker visas - Speech Link
2: Charlie Maynard (LD - Witney) When she talks to her employers, they say, “Well, you and the rest of your team are on visas, and if - Speech Link
3: Cat Eccles (Lab - Stourbridge) The NHS and social care sector employ thousands of people on work visas to cover workforce shortages, - Speech Link
4: Will Forster (LD - Woking) Cancer Research UK alone spends almost £1 million a year on visas. - Speech Link