Syria: Refugees and Counter-terrorism Debate
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Hywel Williams
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Syria: Refugees and Counter-terrorism
Hywel Williams Excerpts(9 years, 3 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I look forward to the House gaining the benefit of my hon. Friend’s wisdom from pursuing all those cases. It means that when she speaks in these debates, she has real knowledge of what these cases are like. It is very important that the Syrian refugees are given humanitarian passports, so that they do not have to go through the lengthy asylum process, which is why we are taking that approach.
Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC)
In a reply to me last month, the Minister for Immigration said that the vulnerable persons relocation scheme was designed to focus on need, rather than meeting a quota. Is the Prime Minister now imposing a quota of 20,000 on that scheme? What will he say to the 20,001st person who has a provable and legitimate need?
The Prime Minister
The first thing to do is to get on and deliver the 20,000.