Spousal Visas: Processing Times Debate

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Department: Home Office

Spousal Visas: Processing Times

Lord Roberts of Llandudno Excerpts
Tuesday 21st June 2022

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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The noble Lord and the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, are absolutely right that it is to the detriment of other visa schemes— student and spousal visas, for example—and, as I said, we hope to get them back on to a more normal footing in due course.

Lord Roberts of Llandudno Portrait Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD)
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My Lords, what preparations are in process to counteract the effects of climate change and the greatly increased number of people who will have to leave their homes and their areas because of the new weather conditions?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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That is a very interesting follow-up on spousal visas. But the noble Lord does have a point there, in the sense that we will see a lot more global migration, which needs to be tackled globally.