Jess Phillips
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Immigration: Earned Settlement
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Shabana Mahmood
The hon. Member is right to acknowledge that there is a huge explosion in the number of people on the sponsorship register—that happened under the previous Government—and I will set out policy for how we resolve issues within the register. The hon. Member will already know that we are revoking licences where appropriate and where somebody should not be able to bring workers into this country. The debt the hon. Member references will include NHS, tax and litigation debt. For refugees, it will also include asylum support—either the payment of asylum support costs or at least for someone to be complying with a payment plan.
Jess Phillips (Birmingham Yardley) (Lab)
Victims of domestic abuse who have come over as dependants can currently apply for settlement immediately. Will that change under the new rules?
Shabana Mahmood
It will not change. Victims of domestic abuse will still be able to obtain immediate settlement.