Afghan Resettlement Update

I will address some of those points in turn. I will not stand here and defend the system—I have s...

I again commend the Prime Minister for his recent direct intervention to break the ACRS logjam by...

I thank my hon. Friend for his many contributions on this piece of work. The ACRS pathway to whic...

We come now to the SNP spokesperson.

I thank the Minister for his statement. We on the SNP Benches are absolutely clear that hotel acc...

I will take those questions in two broad handfuls and talk about funding first. Funding for round...

Sarah Atherton, were you standing?

My question about the devolved Administrations has already been answered.

Thank you. I call James Sunderland.

I thank the Minister for his statement. Does he agree that it is entirely right that we do all we...

My hon. Friend is right; there is a fundamental difference. As he will know, there are veterans, ...

The bridging hotel in my constituency is still full, and about half of the 375 or so people there...

I am more than happy to meet the right hon. Lady and go over the situation with that hotel. No ho...

I have been very proud of the welcome that the Cities of London and Westminster have given to Afg...

My hon. Friend is right. It is the easiest thing in the world to hurl accusations at this policy....

On Friday, I met an Afghan interpreter who had collected a list of 45 colleagues who put their li...

This has been an incredibly dynamic and difficult situation over 18 months. We now have this plan...

A hotel is not a home, and it is important to find permanent accommodation for these families, so...

I have a very clear remit in this space, which is to deal with Afghans who are in hotels and get ...

The Minister well understands the deep bond of friendship that exists between those who served an...

Nobody who is in Afghanistan who is accepted by, or is eligible for, ARAP or ACRS will be disadva...

We certainly do owe a huge debt of gratitude to those brave Afghans who helped our armed forces a...

I have no doubts that it is the right thing to do, otherwise I would not be stood here today. It ...

Order. I have 16 people standing or thereabouts, so can we have shorter questions and shorter ans...

The Minister said at least three times in his statement that we will honour our commitment to tho...

My presence here today indicates that we have clearly not given up on these people. It is incredi...

Mr Deputy Speaker, given your recommendation for short questions, I have a number of questions th...

If my hon. Friend wants to write to me, I am more than happy to address what has happened there, ...

I pay tribute to the Minister for his service in Afghanistan, along with other Members of this Ho...

I respectfully say to the hon. Gentleman that he has no idea of the depth of feeling of people li...

I welcome the fact that my right hon. Friend is now dealing with this issue from the Cabinet Offi...

That is a fair set of questions from my hon. Friend, and I pay tribute to him for his work in thi...

The Minister mentioned that half of this cohort are children. Members of the all-party parliament...

Clearly I will work with any group as we try to recognise these responsibilities. A big part of i...

My constituent’s wife is trapped in Afghanistan. She applied for a visa to come as a spouse. It t...

If the hon. Member writes to me about that specific case, I am more than happy to get back to him...

Perfectly suitable accommodation is not easily available in Newcastle. I know that from the thous...

I have covered these points before. I have said that I do not want to make anybody homeless. Clea...

I just remind Members that we have six hours of protected time after this statement, plus several...

I have a particular case that I know the Minister will want to help me with, and I know he is gen...

If the hon. and learned Member writes to me about that case, I am more than happy to come back to...

As the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts) said, the APPG for Afghan w...

I am more than happy to come and address the APPG. I am addressing the APPG for Afghanistan later...

On 20 February, after 18 months in a bridging hotel in west London, the Nadiri family and many ot...

I am more than happy for the hon. Member to write to me about that case. We do not want to move p...

I am absolutely convinced that the Minister is committed in this regard—his track record shows th...

I make no bones about it, the ACRS pathway through has been difficult to open up. It is quite a t...

I am grateful to the Government for their work to resettle those of our allies who are in danger....

As I have said a number of times, and as my hon. Friend will know, one of the primary moral reaso...

In the 18 months since the UK Government capitulated to the Taliban, my constituent Hadi Sharifi ...

The conditions of ARAP and ACRS compatibility are very clear. If the hon. Gentleman’s constituent...

I am the secretary of the National Union of Journalists parliamentary group, and we are aware fro...

That would be a pathway through the ACRS, which is precisely what it is designed to do. That is e...

There were several thousand Afghans in the asylum system even before Operation Pitting. Indeed, m...

We are currently not returning anybody to Afghanistan, so if these people are eligible for the cr...

I thank the Minister for his statement and for responding to questions for eight minutes short of...