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Oral Answers to Questions

Baroness Hoey Excerpts
Monday 31st October 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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We all saw over the weekend the dreadful scenes in Exeter. I would be delighted to come with my right hon. Friend to thank the police and the fire and rescue teams who did fantastic work dealing with such a difficult situation.

Baroness Hoey Portrait Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab)
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Just recently, two very brilliant human rights campaigners in Zimbabwe were refused visas to come to this country to speak not just in this House but elsewhere, despite the support of our ambassador in Harare. Will the Minister for Immigration please look into what is going on there? Quite honestly, we are letting in people who have done dreadful things, yet two decent, law-abiding, respectable, hard-working people—one of them has been given asylum in America—have been refused entry.

Robert Goodwill Portrait Mr Goodwill
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I am more than happy to meet the hon. Lady in person to discuss this issue. I am aware of a number of cases involving Zimbabwe that we have under review.