Family Reunion Visas: Gaza
Debate between Lord Sharpe of Epsom and Lord Morgan(7 months ago)
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Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
It very much depends on the circumstances and other factors. For example, there were separate arrangements made after earthquakes in places like Turkey and Syria.
Lord Morgan (Lab)
My Lords, is not the policy of issuing visas being used deliberately to cut back the number of immigrants in the country—particularly those from India—with very severe damage to, for example, research groups and universities? Could we have an undertaking that this policy will change?
Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
This country is actually very generous: between 2015 and 2023, some 53,574 family reunion visas were granted to family members. We are the third most generous country in Europe, after Germany and Sweden. I do not really know what this Question has to do with universities.
American War of Independence: Semiquincentennial Commemorations
Debate between Lord Sharpe of Epsom and Lord Morgan
Lord Morgan (Lab)
My Lords, was not one of the important consequences of the American war of independence that it stimulated political and constitutional reform in this country? Perhaps we could commemorate the event in that way.
Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
I think the noble Lord for that good point; I shall take it back as well.