Stephen Timms
Main Page: Stephen Timms (Labour - East Ham)(1 year, 11 months ago)
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James Cleverly
My hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point, and I assure her that we will raise this issue with the Departments that are focused on the very point she has made.
Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab)
British citizens’ relatives who are trapped in Afghanistan cannot apply for visas to come to the UK because no biometric service is available, and they have to have biometrics in order to apply for visas. For this reason, the requirement for biometrics has been suspended in the case of Ukraine, so will the Minister suspend it in the case of Afghanistan?
James Cleverly
I will raise this issue at the next opportunity in cross-government meetings on this.