Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Carol Monaghan Excerpts
Monday 17th January 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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My hon. Friend is right about the scourge of fraud and its prevalence online. We brought fraud into scope for the draft Online Safety Bill. I am conscious of the issues that she mentions about advertising and we continue to work with colleagues from DCMS on that.

Carol Monaghan Portrait Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West) (SNP)
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In our communities, we have asylum seekers who are ready and willing to work in sectors that are experiencing acute shortages, such as fruit and veg picking and HGV driving, but those occupations still do not appear on the shortage occupation list. When will the Government widen that list, or will they simply sacrifice the economy for their hostile immigration environment?

Kevin Foster Portrait Kevin Foster
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It is worth noting that those whose applications have been outstanding for over a year through no fault of their own can access jobs on the shortage occupation list, and we are expanding that to include care workers next month. This highlights an opportunity for 31 out of 32 local authority areas in Scotland to become part of the dispersal accommodation scheme, so that some of these people will be living in their communities.