Bill Esterson
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Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab)
The Foreign Secretary gave us the figure for the number of Ukrainian refugees who have been approved to come to the UK, but she did not give us the figure for the number of refugees who have arrived here. Is that because she does not know that figure? Perhaps she can tell us why she is giving us one figure but not the other. Is not the logic of what she said about the need for changes to the Homes for Ukraine scheme that the Government should introduce a humanitarian visa so that people can come here without all the bureaucracy and the difficulties we have heard about from hon. Members this afternoon?
Elizabeth Truss
The number I quoted is a Home Office number, and I am happy to ask the Home Office to give the hon. Gentleman further details.