Homes for Ukraine Scheme

Debate between Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Harrington of Watford

Thursday 31st March 2022 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Con)]

My Lords, further to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Alton, can my noble friend offer any advice to a family currently in Poland, a mother and two young daughters, where the daughters have been issued visas but the mother is still waiting? Without the mother having a visa, clearly they will not be able to travel to this country to take advantage of this scheme.

[Lord Harrington of Watford (Con)]

I thank my noble friend Lady Morgan for her question. If the mother in this case has a Ukrainian passport, it should be really easy for her to get a visa, by simply filling out the form and downloading it. If she does not have a passport, that could be why a visa has not been issued. For that, she would have to go to one of the VACs. I can assure her that the VACs would be very sympathetic and do everything they could to give permission. However, to give a more a detailed answer, I would have to know why she has not got her visa if she has uploaded a passport.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Harrington of Watford

Monday 9th January 2017 Commons Chamber

[Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con)]

T7. I wrote to the Pensions Minister on 16 December about my constituent, Ruth Saunders, who drew to my attention the fact that there are certain defined-benefit pension schemes where increases are not being paid for amounts paid in before April 1997. He very kindly responded on 5 January. The point is that there is discrimination because only 10% to 15% of companies are not paying these increases. The issue is whether the amount can be corrected going forward. I would suggest that this is one of the burning injustices that the Prime Minister was talking about, and I would like a meeting with the Minister and my constituent to discuss the issue further.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions (Richard Harrington)]

I would be delighted to have a meeting with my right hon. Friend and her constituent.