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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2016
Immigration Officers

"My Lords, whatever the outcome of the EU negotiations on immigration referred to earlier, does my noble friend agree that it is the skills of migrants, from Commonwealth countries particularly, on which we heavily depend and that these should be encouraged rather than penalised in the new situation which we …..."
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Written Question
Visas: Commonwealth
Thursday 28th January 2016

Asked by: Lord Howell of Guildford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to expanding the new Chinese two-year visit visa to include Commonwealth nations which require (1) a tourist visa, and (2) a business visa.

Answered by Lord Bates

The UK is piloting in China, from 11 January, two-year multiple entry visitor visas at the same price as the current standard six month visitor visa. China has made the same offer for British citizens. There are no plans to introduce this in other countries.

The citizens of a majority of Commonwealth countries do not require a visa to visit the UK and the UK offers customers an efficient and prompt visa processing service.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Dec 2015
Higher Education: Overseas Students

"Would my noble friend agree that as most Commonwealth countries let our students in free, it might be time to reintroduce for students the Commonwealth youth visa, the post-study work visa and flexible, reciprocal arrangements with Australia, New Zealand and Canada, which these countries would clearly welcome?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Nov 2015
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Funding

"Has my noble friend noted that we are now actually spending less on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which is the spearhead of our overseas influence, than we are expending on, for instance, one individual experimental programme for reducing carbon—namely, the carbon capture and storage system at £1 billion—which so …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Nov 2015
Drones: Risks to Passenger Aircraft

"Is my noble friend aware that you can buy these gadgets in the basement department of Selfridges? No doubt plenty will be given for Christmas. Surely the lesson from this is that we had better get on with proper controls PDQ...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Nov 2015
Aviation Security

"This is clearly a tragedy for the Russians and, as the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, reminded us, obviously does enormous damage to the already battered Egyptian economy. The noble Baroness, Lady Symons, also reminded us of the appalling disruption, particularly for families, when suddenly they find that their planned charter …..."
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