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Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Bills such as this.The report says:“Government data tells us that from 2005 to 2022, the number of visas - Speech Link
2: None that is necessary in some of the regions concerned and sometimes with children—more than half of the visas - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) This visa centre was the base for many Afghans and Iranians to submit their family reunion applications - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Where biometrics are collected in connection with immigration or nationality applications, the police - Speech Link
5: None the need for physical travel and to collect visas, which is the other aspect he mentioned. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage: Part 2 - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) detail later—that, with the scrapping of the Rwanda scheme, we have been able both to process more applications - Speech Link
2: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) question—I dare say it is his officials’ fault, not his—about whether we collect data on students whose visas - Speech Link
3: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) is—but fundamentally unfair to those who follow proper procedures and wait patiently for their applications - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
Committee of the whole HouseCommittee of the Whole House - Wed 09 Jul 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) hear about—like other Members, I am sure—is the decisions made on PIP, universal credit and ESA applications - Speech Link
2: Danny Kruger (Con - East Wiltshire) I am aware that many visas have no recourse to public funds, but people with indefinite leave to remain - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Refugee Citizenship Rights - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Department for Education

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: Tulip Siddiq (Lab - Hampstead and Highgate) behalf of families such as Camron’s, I ask the Minister: when the Department is assessing asylum applications - Speech Link
4: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) UNHCR-recognised refugees and displaced people overseas to apply to come to the UK through skilled worker visas - Speech Link


Written Statements
Immigration Rule Changes - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) as set out in the immigration White PaperThese changes implement the first phase of reforms to work visas - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) Will the Foreign Secretary confirm that he has already told Pakistan that British aid and diplomatic visas - Speech Link
2: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) We have successfully implemented that suspension and have continued to refuse relevant licence applications - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Coffey (Con - Life peer) of some of the exploitation, but I believe that same sponsor was suspended from sponsoring any more visas - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
AI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report) - Fri 13 Jun 2025
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kidron (XB - Life peer) This trove—among the largest in the world—has many applications, one of which is the ability to model - Speech Link
2: Lord Tarassenko (XB - Life peer) the founder director of Oxehealth, a University of Oxford spin-out which uses AI for healthcare applications - Speech Link
3: Earl of Erroll (XB - Excepted Hereditary) always involved in computing IT, trying to produce solutions for business, looking at practical applications - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) that the Government explore how best to address wider barriers, such as the cost and complexity of visas - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Asylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Fri 13 Jun 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) some problems, which I do not have time to go into, other than to note that some of them stem from e-visas - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) As the Government reduce the backlog of asylum applications and speed up the process times of applications - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) That is why dealing with the applications swiftly is so important. - Speech Link
4: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) made because we are speeding up the system, as well as it coinciding with the recent transition to e-visas - Speech Link
5: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) Can he also tell us what allowance is being made in the pilot for the fact that e-visas are being rolled - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public Funds - Wed 11 Jun 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Tahir Ali (Lab - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley) children should not be penalised in this way, especially when there are delays in determining applications - Speech Link
2: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield Hallam) and constant uncertainty prevent parents from planning long term, and the requirement to reapply for visas - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Despite the increasing numbers of people applying for visas in Aberdeen, we do not have much in the way - Speech Link
4: Anna Sabine (LD - Frome and East Somerset) Families with no recourse to public funds—those in the UK on visas or seeking asylum—were even harder - Speech Link