Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of how her Department processes visa applications submitted by Arab citizens of Israel.

Mr Speaker, applications submitted by citizens of Israel, Arab or otherwise, are assessed against the requirements of the Immigration Rules on their individual merits.

As part of any visa application assessment, consideration is given in cases involving compelling, compassionate, and exceptional circumstances.

Those who wish to travel to the UK can do so via the existing range of visa routes available to visit, work, study or join family in the UK.