Ukraine

Kevin Brennan Excerpts

Monday 28th March 2022 Commons Chamber

[Elizabeth Truss]

Yes, I will make sure that that is the case.

[Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab)]

I am afraid that the system that the Foreign Secretary has outlined is not humane. My constituent’s mother-in-law is in Dublin, less than an hour’s flight from Cardiff, but she cannot come to stay with her family member in Cardiff because they are on a global talent visa for the next two years and therefore do not qualify for the family scheme. They are being told to make the application under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. That is ludicrous, as they are in rented temporary accommodation while they are here. Will the Foreign Secretary have a word with her ministerial colleagues in the Home Office to stop this nonsense and allow people in? If they were the constituency MP involved, every Member of the House would say the same as me: this situation is absolutely ludicrous. Can the Government do something about it?

[Elizabeth Truss]

I will certainly happily take forward the hon. Gentleman’s case with the Home Secretary.