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Written Question
Visas: Graduates
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Asked by: Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Professor Brian Bell, Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee, to the Home Secretary on 12 March, why the timescales of the rapid review of the Graduate Route, which they have asked the Migration Advisory Committee to undertake, are much shorter than a normal commission.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

It is important we provide certainty on this issue in a timely manner, which is why we asked the MAC to carry out a rapid review. We will consider the evidence put forward by the MAC very closely.

Written Question
Migrants: Health Services
Tuesday 26th September 2023

Asked by: Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on academic institutions in the UK of increasing the annual immigration health surcharge for overseas researchers from £624 to £1,035 for main applicants and to £776 for child dependants from this autumn in combination with an increase of 15 per cent in visa fees.

Answered by Lord Murray of Blidworth

The Government is preparing full economic impact assessments for the increases to the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) and the immigration and nationality fees. Regulations will be laid in Autumn to increase immigration and nationality fees and the IHS.

The IHS rates have not increased since 2020, and the cost of providing public services has increased in that time. It is right that we keep the IHS level under review to ensure that it reflects the genuine cost to the NHS of providing healthcare to those who pay it.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 07 Apr 2022
Town and Country Planning (Napier Barracks) Special Development Order 2021

"A very happy Easter to everybody...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Apr 2021
Immigration

"My Lords, we now come to the 20 minutes allocated for Back-Bench questions. There are only eight questioners, so if noble Lords exercise their normal discretion, we should be able to hear from everybody. We start with the noble Baroness, Lady Hooper...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Apr 2021
Immigration

"Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, are you there? We have had problems contacting you...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Apr 2021
Immigration

"I know, but he dropped off the call. I do not think we have the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, sadly, in which case all the supplementary questions have been asked...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 10. Anyone wishing to press this or anything else in this group to a Division must make that clear in debate.

Clause 8: Reports

Amendment 10..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 12. Anyone wishing to press this or anything else in the group to a Division must make that clear in debate.

Clause 15: Duty to co-operate with Commissioner

Amendment 12..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"The noble Lord, Lord Bhatia, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"The noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon, has withdrawn, so I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox of Newport...."
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