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- Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Ethical Recruitment (12 Jul 2005)
Rosie Winterton: ...from their countries to do that. Secondly, the NHS has many contacts with international organisations and other countries to help to train people and improve their expertise. I have met the 10 Iraqi psychiatrists to whom my hon. Friend referred, so I congratulate his trust on facilitating that programme by working with the Department of Health. The programme was greatly dependent on the...
- Written Answers — Lord Chancellor: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2002)
Ms Rosie Winterton: ...there were 93 successful family visit visa appeals from the nationals of member states of the Arab League. The breakdown by country is as follows: Algeria—23 Djibouti—1 Egypt—9 Iraq—8 Jordan—1 Lebanon—0 Libya—4 Mauritania—7 Morocco—6 Oman—0 Somalia—5 Sudan—9 Syria—2 Tunisia—5 Yemen—13. No appeals were...
- Public Bill Committee: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: Clause 62 - Grounds of appeal (21 May 2002)
Ms Rosie Winterton: ...those things are made clear from the beginning. Someone cannot decide at the last minute to find evidence of another country that they would like to go to. The hon. Gentleman used the example of Iraq, with which there are obvious difficulties, but I understand the point that he was making. It is important to clarify again the purpose of the appeal process. It is not to find someone...
- Public Bill Committee: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: Clause 62 - Grounds of appeal (21 May 2002)
Ms Rosie Winterton: I should say first that, as I am sure the hon. Gentleman knows, we do not return people to Iraq, although I take his general point. I am sure that people in such situations will be aware that it is within their rights and ability to put together documentary evidence before the 10-day period to prove that they are acceptable in another country. There is nothing to stop people doing that. I...
- Public Bill Committee: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: Clause 16 - Asylum-seeker: definition (9 May 2002)
Ms Rosie Winterton: ...in returning people to certain territories, and I think that that is what the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey is getting at. A practical example would be someone from northern Iraq, who was unable to return to that part of the world. If a person has demonstrated that there is a genuine reason why they cannot leave the UK and that is through no fault of their own, or that a...