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Public Bill Committees
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Holly Lynch (LAB - Halifax) We tabled new clause 42 and we welcome the Government’s commitment to scrap the NHS surcharge for migrant - Speech Link
2: None Will the Minister clarify whether the Government are still taking the NHS health surcharge from health - Speech Link
3: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) , leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, the immigration health surcharge, the immigration skills - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
HM Treasury

May. 07 2020

Source Page: UK Convergence Programme 2019-20
Document: UK Convergence Programme 2019-20 (PDF)

Found: The government w ill also change pensions tax rules to ensure that NHS staff across the UK, including

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
HM Treasury

May. 07 2020

Source Page: UK Convergence Programme 2019-20
Document: 2020 Economic and fiscal outlook (PDF)

Found: or restricting their movem ents to avoid becoming so the coronavirus is likely to reduce both

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 06 May 2020
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Diane Abbott (LAB - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) So will she be speaking to her ministerial colleagues in the Department of Health about the NHS surcharge - Speech Link
2: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) Many more are exempt from charges, including temporary migrants who pay the immigration health surcharge - Speech Link
3: Lilian Greenwood (LAB - Nottingham South) NHS trusts have reported problems in moving at-risk BAME NHS staff away from the frontline of the crisis - Speech Link
4: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) We are confident that this review will be able to analyse available data on health outcomes for NHS staff - Speech Link
5: Marsha De Cordova (LAB - Battersea) Finally, last week, Public Health England asked all NHS trusts to risk-assess their BAME staff and, where - Speech Link

Select Committee
Witnesses Adrian Berry, Colin Yeo, Andy Hewett, Bella Sankey, and Chai Patel
 21 April 2020

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2020

Inquiry: Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: The task facing the Home Office is the same as for the rest of Government, which is to reduce the contagion

Select Committee
Witnesses Adrian Berry, Colin Yeo, Andy Hewett, Bella Sankey, and Chai Patel
 21 April 2020

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2020

Inquiry: Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: The task facing the Home Office is the same as for the rest of Government, which is to reduce the contagion

Select Committee
Adrian Berry (Chair at Immigration Law Practioners' Association), Colin Yeo (Founder at Free Movement and Founder at Free Movement), Andy Hewett (Head of Advocacy at Refugee Council), Bella Sankey (Director at Detention Action), and Chai Patel (Legal Policy Director at Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants)
 Immigration Law Practioners' Association, Free Movement, Refugee Council, Detention Action, and Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2020

Inquiry: Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: Immigration Law Practioners' Association, Free Movement, Refugee Council, Detention Action, and Joint

Closed Petition closed 18th September 2020

Reduce or scrap the immigration health surcharge for overseas NHS Staff. - Final Signatures: 16,347

To revoke the Immigration Health Surcharge increases for overseas NHS staff. The latest budget shows an increase of £220 a year for an overseas worker to live and work in the UK, at a time when the NHS, and UK economy, relies heavily on them.

Debate: This petition was debated in Commons Chamber on 25th June 2020

The Government responsed to this petition on 29th May 2020 (View Full Response)
The Prime Minister has asked the Home Secretary and the Department of Health and Social Care to work together to exempt NHS and care staff from the immigration health surcharge.
Download petition CSV

Found: The March 2020 budget shows a hike in the surcharge from £400 to £620 year.

Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) The NHS is short of 100,000 staff, including more than 40,000 nurses and thousands of doctors. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (LAB - East Ham) One of yesterday’s Budget’s few revenue-raising measures was the increase in the immigration health surcharge - Speech Link
3: Kate Green (LAB - Stretford and Urmston) Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms), the sense of the immigration health surcharge, which - Speech Link
4: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North) I pay tribute to the wonderful staff of the NHS, who are working around the clock to treat patients and - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
HM Treasury

Mar. 11 2020

Source Page: Budget 2020: documents
Document: Budget 2020: documents (PDF)

Found: ˜rmed the government™s commitment to the NHS, with £139 billion for health budgets in 2020-21.26 The