Baroness Smith of Basildon
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Family Reunion Visas: Gaza
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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.
Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab)
My Lords, in response to an earlier question, the Minister gave a rather flippant answer when he said that he had no knowledge of the internet in Gaza. The question was serious; I ask that he reflects on his response and writes to noble Lords, and puts a copy in the Library.
Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
I disagree. How am I supposed to know how the internet runs in Gaza? It was not a flippant answer; it is factual.