Indefinite Leave to Remain

Debate between Bobby Dean and Alex Norris
Monday 8th September 2025

(1 month ago)

Westminster Hall
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Alex Norris Portrait Alex Norris
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We will be opening the consultation up for everybody to make important points about how the system relates to them. The Opposition spokesperson, the hon. Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam), asked for clarity, and I can give it to her: everybody will get that important opportunity to say how the proposals would affect them. That takes me to some of the things that colleagues have said.

Bobby Dean Portrait Bobby Dean
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Clearly, if there is to be consultation, that will entail a further few months of uncertainty for many people on the scheme. Does the Minister have an ambition for when the consultation will be concluded and for when we will hear the results?

Alex Norris Portrait Alex Norris
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I cannot give the hon. Gentleman a timeframe today, but I appreciate and accept his point about the time pressures that people will feel.