Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens v Home Office Debate

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Department: Home Office

Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens v Home Office

Baroness Primarolo Excerpts
Monday 19th October 2020

(4 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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It is quite all right. Destitution and the inability to pay a fee—I have mentioned children in care—would not be a preventative factor for people gaining leave to remain in this country. Where an applicant can pay the whole immigration fee but none or only part of the immigration health surcharge, the immigration fee will be required and an exemption will be applied to the immigration health surcharge. As the noble and learned Baroness can see, there are a number of areas in which fees can be waived.

Baroness Primarolo Portrait Baroness Primarolo (Lab) [V]
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My Lords, will the Minister tell the House whether the Home Office carried out a children’s best interest assessment of the Government’s policy on fees in light of the original judgment? If it did not, can she explain to the House why it was not conducted?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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The noble Baroness will forgive me if I do not talk about the case in point, because there is ongoing litigation. We will look at the judgment with interest and see what is to be done from there.