Immigration: Refugee Doctors Debate

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Immigration: Refugee Doctors

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Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill
Monday 24th February 2020

(4 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Portrait The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park)
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My Lords, it is the turn of the Conservative Benches. If we get a short question, we shall hear from the Labour benches too.

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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My Lords, I am grateful. Will my noble friend ensure that any doctor who seeks to practise, whether a refugee doctor or otherwise, is registered to practise in their home country and has not, under any circumstances, been struck off and banned from practising there?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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I will certainly confirm in writing if that is the case, because we do not want people who are ineligible to practise. We have had examples of that.

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