Helen Goodman
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(5 years, 9 months ago)
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Caroline Nokes
When it comes to visitor visas, it is of course important that each case is decided on its own merits, but my hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I am very happy to work with him, so that there can be better training for visa caseworkers so that they understand the specific points he makes about those from religious communities who may have taken a particular vow of poverty.
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)
The Minister was here for Prayers, so I am sure she will be able to answer the question asked of one of my constituents, whom the Home Office initially wanted to send back to a country where he was persecuted: how many books are there in the Old Testament?
Caroline Nokes
I very much regret that despite a good convent education we studied only the New Testament, and I simply do not know.