Oral Answers to Questions

Patricia Gibson Excerpts

Monday 28th February 2022 Commons Chamber

[Priti Patel]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right in the case he makes about mental health, and I know that he is doing some great work on this as well. We are doing a huge amount in Government, working with the Department of Health and Social Care in particular, focusing on mental health support, such as the TRiM—trauma risk management—programme and things of that nature. I know he has a particular interest in this, and it is something I would like to discuss with him further.

[Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran) (SNP)]

T7. I listened to the Home Secretary’s earlier statement with interest, but clarity is needed. I have constituents who have family members in Ukraine, some of them frail and elderly. Can she assure the House that those Ukrainians who wish to join their families in the UK can do so via a third country without being mired in delays and bureaucracy, and can she further guarantee that those refugees will not be ordered to leave the UK after the nominal 12 months have expired?

[Priti Patel]

There are no delays and bureaucracy, as the hon. Member has already heard me say, and on her last point, yes.