Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Sarah Jones Excerpts
Monday 23rd March 2020

(4 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kevin Foster Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Kevin Foster)
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The point is well made and we will certainly look at it. No one should fear accessing medical advice from our superb NHS for an immigration reason.

Sarah Jones Portrait Sarah Jones (Croydon Central) (Lab)
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Concerns have been raised in Croydon—I have seen them elsewhere—that religious organisations are not adhering to the new guidance about holding their services or not. Indeed, I have seen some people seeing it as an act of faith that they are bold enough to go to their religious services. What more can we do in terms of enforcement and communication to ensure that people are doing what they should?

Kit Malthouse Portrait Kit Malthouse
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The hon. Lady is quite right, and I received reports just this morning that certain communities in London in particular are not observing the rules. We will be talking to Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government colleagues this afternoon about what they can do to draw people together to create better observance.