Windrush Scheme Debate

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Department: Home Office

Windrush Scheme

Sarah Jones Excerpts
Tuesday 5th February 2019

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Most applications are being turned round within a matter of weeks, but if the hon. Lady sends me the details of that case, I will take a closer look at it.

Sarah Jones Portrait Sarah Jones (Croydon Central) (Lab)
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The Home Secretary says, “The law is very clear on this,” but when I held a Windrush surgery, all the people who came to it had been told by the Home Office that they were not British citizens. They have all now been told that they are British citizens, so I suggest that the law is not very clear and that there are grey areas. I have also been told that someone from my constituency is on that flight. Will he commit to looking into whether there is someone from my constituency on that flight and whether they should be there?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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If the hon. Lady sends me more information about the individual she has in mind, I will of course look into that case.