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Boris Johnson: ...to the number we can take. This is a country that has already been the most generous in taking people from Afghanistan, with 15,000 under Operation Pitting. We have 104,000 applications from the Hong Kong Chinese. This is a country that is overwhelmingly generous to people coming in fear of their lives. [Interruption.] Yes it is, and so are this Government.
Emily Thornberry: ...’s Approach to Evaluating the Vulnerable Persons and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Schemes, published on 13 December 2018, whether she plans to publish an equivalent report on the Hong Kong British National Overseas scheme.
Geraint Davies: ...from Lithuania. Hundreds of women have escaped to there, having lost their democracy as a result of Putin’s bombing and his oppressing his people at home. At the same time, we have a situation in Hong Kong where democracy is being taken away. Yet here we are taking away the right to peaceful protest, which has given us the suffragettes, climate change activists, peace campaigners and...
Lord Collins of Highbury: ...probe and cause us to think about is: what is a British citizen? He says that British nationals (overseas) are not included. We can make commitments suddenly; for example, we made a commitment to Hong Kong citizens who are BNOs because of the breach of an international agreement. I have no doubt that in future, as we have done in the past, we will want to protect our legacy. The noble...
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle: ...more refugees, and as we will, I hope, welcome more refugees here, I wonder whether the Government have considered that. I declare my position as co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong. Of course, BNO passport holders have the right to vote, but their children will not—so it could literally be that someone who was born in Hong Kong on a certain day has the right to...
Eddie Hughes: As set out in the FAQs on Homes for Ukraine, the UK has a long and proud history of welcoming migrants including recent arrivals from Syria, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. Every scheme is different and learns from the successes or challenges of those before. There has been a sponsorship route in operation for some years, and Homes for Ukraine is a developed version of that. We will look to see...
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of freedom of religious beliefs in Hong Kong.
Andrew Rosindell: ..., what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the criticisms and accusations against Falun Gong and a call to eradicate the group, published in the pro-Beijing media in Hong Kong.
Sadiq Khan: ...Programme, aiming to strengthen service design for people seeking asylum; the Children in Care Programme which embeds children’s specialist immigration advice in social services teams; and the Hong Kong Programme which funds local authorities to undertake local engagement with new arrivals under the British National Overseas visa route. The GLA also hosts the London Strategic Migration...
Sadiq Khan: ...Programme, aiming to strengthen service design for people seeking asylum; the Children in Care Programme which embeds children’s specialist immigration advice in social services teams; and the Hong Kong Programme which funds local authorities to undertake local engagement with new arrivals under the British National Overseas visa route. The GLA also hosts the London Strategic Migration...
Thangam Debbonaire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a path to permanent UK residency for Hong Kong citizens who have studied at and graduated from UK universities.
John Lamont: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Hong Kong BNO visas have been issued; and what data her Department holds on where holders choose to live in the UK.
Baroness Fox of Buckley: ...implies that the Government are far removed from the reality that free protests have been crucial for the public over centuries. The denial of that right, whether in Putin’s Russia or China’s Hong Kong, should be a visceral reminder to us here of why protest —warts and all—matters. Of course not all protests are popular. Many of the modern protests I have mentioned, such as those...
Edward Leigh: I do not think that that is true. Actually, if we talk about our response to Ugandan refugees, Hong Kong and many other areas, we have been generous. We have to have a sense of proportion. Such is the overwhelming number of people who want to come here, we have to hold the line. If we did not, it would have a catastrophic effect on race relations. [Interruption.] Yes, it would, because people...
Kevin Foster: ...is the existing UK labour market, which includes those who come to the UK through our Youth Mobility Schemes (which we are looking to expand), our British National (Overseas) visa for those from Hong Kong, dependants of those arriving under the expanded Skilled Worker route, as well as over 5.5 million people who have been granted status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Most of the...
...those fleeing repression in Idi Amin’s Uganda, and those who fled the atrocities of the Balkan wars. More recently, we have offered support to those fleeing persecution in Syria, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. We are doing so again with Homes for Ukraine. We are a proud democracy. All of us in this House wish to see us defend and uphold our values, stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies,...
Sarah Champion: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total expenses claimed by UK judges relating to their service in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal were on (a) flights, (b) accommodation, (c) subsistence and (d) any additional expenses relating to their service on Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021.
Dominic Raab: The hon. Gentleman is right that we have a strong tradition, as we have shown: we have stepped up to the plate with the Hong Kong British national overseas citizens, and with Operation Pitting which brought 17,000 back from Afghanistan, and we will go further and beyond the normal rules when there is a crisis, as we have seen in Ukraine. He is absolutely right about the current scheme: those...
Louise Haigh: ...outlined some contingency measures, but he had previously committed to publishing a full contingency strategy to deal with possible future variants. With surging cases in international hubs such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, does he agree that he should be fully transparent about his plans, and that that would boost confidence for the travelling public and the airline industry? Can we get a...
Nicola Sturgeon: ...considerably. It is likely that that is due to immune protection—not least from vaccines—more than it is due to omicron being inherently milder. That is borne out by current experience in Hong Kong, where relatively low rates of vaccination, particularly in the older population, mean that omicron is causing very significant levels of severe illness and death. That underlines the...