Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill Debate

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Department: Home Office
Robert Goodwill Portrait Sir Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby) (Con)
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I was contacted on Saturday by a former constituent who had escaped from Ukraine with his Ukrainian wife. He contacted me again last night to say that I did not need to help him—he had been to our embassy in Berlin and expected that everything would be sorted out today, and that he would come to the UK this week—so I reassure her that, actually, the system is working and people are getting the help they need.

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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I thank my right hon. Friend for the example that he shared with the House. That is really important, because we have surge staff across every EU visa application centre. I came to the House last week and said that we absolutely would do that and we are indeed doing it.