Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Bambos Charalambous Excerpts
Monday 28th October 2019

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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I would absolutely like to put on record my thanks and gratitude. Flooding is a dreadful issue that has an appalling impact on people’s lives, livelihoods and homes. Of course, our fire and emergency services, the Environment Agency and police officers have done a great deal of work to provide a great deal of support and comfort to local residents.

Bambos Charalambous Portrait Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)
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I have a constituent whose mother is in her 90s. She came to the UK from Poland after the second world war as a refugee. She now has dementia, and she needs to apply for settled status. She has very few documents proving her residency over the past five years. Will the Minister advise me on what she and people in her situation have to do to acquire settled status?

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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I would be delighted to look at that application directly with the Home Office. We also have 57 voluntary organisations that have been resourced by the Home Office to reach out to individuals who will not necessarily be able to access technology easily. But, as I say, I will be very happy to look at that individual case.