Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:34 pm on 7 March 2022.

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Photo of Priti Patel Priti Patel The Secretary of State for the Home Department 3:34, 7 March 2022

The hon. Member makes an important point. Having been to Poland myself and seen the processes—I am also due to speak to my Romanian counterpart later today—I know that they have issues about capacity. We have had requests for technical capacity and support not just through our VACs but to help the host countries to do a lot more work at the borders. We are doing everything that we can.

The hon. Member also mentioned his constituent. If they are in Poland, we have got a huge amount of capacity and plenty of spaces for people to be processed, but they do need to come to our centres. If he would give me their details, I will ensure that we are joining that up in country.