Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report Debate

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Department: Home Office

Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report

Hywel Williams Excerpts
Wednesday 22nd July 2020

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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In order to get everybody in, it would be helpful if we could speed up the questions and the answers.

Hywel Williams Portrait Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC) [V]
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Further to the question from the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), and for absolute clarity for people watching at home, Russians who invest £2 million or more in the UK can get a visa and in five years can convert that visa into citizenship. Does that not mean that restricting political donations to British citizens makes no real defence?

James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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On the tier 1 investor visa, to which I think the hon. Gentleman refers, work is ongoing to review past visas and, indeed, to look at further changes as needs be. If that is required in our national interest, that is what we will do.