Child Citizenship Fees Debate

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Lord Cormack

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Child Citizenship Fees

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Tuesday 23rd October 2018

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Manzoor Portrait Baroness Manzoor
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The right reverend Prelate has made an important point. Of course the Home Office uses fee waivers in compassionate cases and will take compelling financial circumstances into consideration.

Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack (Con)
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Why are the individual circumstances of people on whom this fee has a great impact not taken into account? Surely that is a very simple question.

Baroness Manzoor Portrait Baroness Manzoor
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My Lords, people’s individual circumstances are looked at and taken into account where necessary and appropriate.