Written Question
Friday 6th February 2026
Asked by:
Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to the Skilled Worker route for Indefinite Leave to Remain on people already legally resident in the UK; and whether she plans to introduce transitional protections for people in the UK under the existing five‑year settlement pathway.
Answered by Mike Tapp
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The earned settlement model, proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, is currently subject to a public consultation, running until 12 February 2026.
The Immigration White Paper included a commitment to consult on these changes. The changes involve significant reforms to the settlement pathway, and it is right that we consult to assess their impact on affected groups.
The consultation includes questions intended to seek respondents’ views on the impacts of the proposed model and also seeks views on whether there should be transitional arrangements for those already on a pathway to settlement.
Details of the final earned settlement scheme will be finalised once the consultation has closed and the responses analysed.
The final model will be subject to economic and equality impact assessments, which we have committed to publish in due course.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Business of the House
"In yesterday’s debate about Lord Mandelson, we heard a lot about the despicable crimes of Jeffrey Epstein. We also heard about Mandelson’s lobbying through his Global Counsel organisation, through which he introduced the Prime Minister to the chair of the company Palantir. Yesterday the Cabinet Office denied me permission to …..."Martin Wrigley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Sustainable Drainage Systems
"I absolutely agree and will go on to quote the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, New Civil Engineer and a body that I discovered only recently: the Association of SuDS Authorities. I did not even know that it existed, but there we go.
We have one more estate, …..."Martin Wrigley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Sustainable Drainage Systems
"I would entirely. That is another reason why it is vital that local authorities, as the flood responsible authorities, are actually involved in certifying SuDS as they are built and take them on afterwards.
Let me quote from the Chartered Institution of Water Environmental Managers:
“Despite promises to enforce the …..."Martin Wrigley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Sustainable Drainage Systems
"I thank everybody for their contributions. My hon. Friend the Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) accurately pointed out that SuDS, although solving local problems, need to be balanced in the wider are. SuDS is not something that can be fixed or managed on a site-by-site basis; it requires …..."Martin Wrigley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Sustainable Drainage Systems
"I am delighted that the Minister is talking about water companies splitting surface water from foul water. That is exactly what they are doing in the middle of Dawlish: creating massive new tanks for that purpose. The programme has been going on for about two years; most of Dawlish has …..."Martin Wrigley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Sustainable Drainage Systems
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered sustainable drainage systems.
It is a pleasure to serve under you today, Mrs Barker.
Flooding is a topical issue. In Devon, it feels like it has been raining for about a year; in fact, it probably has been since the beginning …..."Martin Wrigley - View Speech
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Sustainable drainage systems
MP:
Martin Wrigley
Written Question
Thursday 5th February 2026
Asked by:
Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mean, medium and mode waiting times are for processing Homes for Ukraine visas; and how many of those visas take more than three weeks to issue.
Answered by Mike Tapp
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
UKVI are currently assessing Homes for Ukraine visas within the published processing times. Information on visa processing times can be found at Visa processing times - GOV.UK
Average processing times do not form part of any current transparency data for Home for Ukraine applications and are not published.
A range of processing data including case outcomes on Ukraine visa applications, can be found at: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK and Migration transparency data - GOV.UK
Division Vote (Commons)
4 Feb 2026 - Climate Change -
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Martin Wrigley (LD) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
51 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs
0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 392 Noes - 116