Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Wendy Chamberlain Excerpts
Thursday 24th March 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Spencer Portrait Mark Spencer
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My hon. Friend is a keen advocate and champion for local council tax in Nottinghamshire, and his leadership of Nottinghamshire County Council is exemplary. I know that he will bring fairness to those people in Nottinghamshire through his office, as well as his leadership of that council, and I am sure he will continue to hold the Government to account. There will be opportunities for him to debate such matters either via a Backbench Business Committee debate, or an Adjournment debate.

Wendy Chamberlain Portrait Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife) (LD)
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The Government have chosen not to waive visas, and a constituent of mine has said:

“My mother is still in Poland waiting for the decision on her visa application. I submitted it on her behalf on 15th March, and only today I got a confirmation from UKVI that her documents have been received. Depending on the priority of application, the time for decision is between 24 hours and 5 working days, and there is no way find out either the priority category, or to track the application.”

May we have a statement to give some clarity on the processes so that our constituents can plan for family members coming to the UK?

Mark Spencer Portrait Mark Spencer
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If the hon. Lady sends me the details of the constituency case that she is talking about, I will ensure that Foreign Office or other Ministers respond to her in a timely way.