Speeches by Naish.

“Will the Secretary of State give way?”

“Will the right hon. Lady give way?”

“I want to acknowledge my hon. Friend’s own leadership on this issue within the House. There are almost 200 former British Coal staff living in my constituency who will see a 41% uplift in their pension, and my hon. Friend has played a large part in that, so I thank him on behalf of the House. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear…”

“The right hon. Member has been a tireless advocate for this group of people. I completely agree with everything that he said and I am sure we will continue to work together on these issues. Over the weekend, I received hundreds of real-life stories from Hongkongers who fell into five main groups, of which a couple have…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right to note that applications fluctuate. Certainly, the 200,000 members of the BNO community who are already here are very much part of our community, but the numbers coming through now are much smaller. That brings me to why this issue matters. ILR is not a technicality for Hongkongers; …”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“I thank the Minister for his response and for the many issues he has dealt with. In the remaining 45 seconds, I want to say that we in this Chamber all recognise the challenge that the Government have in balancing illegal and legal immigration. It is an immense challenge, but the tone today has reflected the fact that …”

“I absolutely agree. My hon. Friend and I worked together at Bassetlaw district council and welcomed a lot of Hongkongers into our community, so I thank her for her support today. I will now turn much more briefly to Ukrainian humanitarian visa routes. It is 11 years since the beginning of Russia’s illegal occupation of…”

“I will.”

“Absolutely. I think that the concept of a retrospective introduction of criteria is what is really concerning residents, and I am sure my hon. Friend the Minister will have been listening to the point that my hon. and learned Friend just made. With months to go until many BNO families hit the five-year mark, the possib…”

“Yes, I absolutely agree. I will come on to why that issue matters and I will cover both of my hon. Friend’s points. Given that the route was designed as a safe and secure five-year pathway for intergenerational families fleeing a severe crackdown on civil liberties, the figures are worrying. They highlight the importan…”

“I will come on to five groups who need to be given special consideration, including those that the hon. Member has just mentioned. Over the weekend, more than 5,000 BNO visa holders completed a survey about the proposals. The results show that if the requirements outlined were strictly applied with no transitional arra…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the potential impact of immigration reforms on humanitarian visa routes. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting time for this debate. I will focus today on two groups, Hongkongers and Ukrainians,…”

“When you say “they”, where is the drive coming from? Is a consulting firm being brought in to add the speed and pace necessary to achieve this work, or is it being left to staff to deliver—or do you not know the answers to those questions?”

“Emma, will the shifts achieve that saving for the FCDO, and is there the capacity in-house to deliver them?”

“Would you advocate a greater reduction in actual ODA spend if, in return, you managed to hold up the capacity of the FCDO? In the long run, do you think that is the better outcome?”

“Freddie, will the shifts save the FCDO money in the long term? Do you believe that the four essential shifts will actually lead to financial savings, which was obviously described earlier as one of the core motivations? Do you think the Department has the skills in-house to deliver those shifts today?”

“More broadly to the panel, what are the opportunities and risks of the four essential shifts?”

“Anna, I will come to you first. Time is ticking, so swift answers, if possible. We talked about the shift in approach. What opportunities do you think are presented by the four essential shifts?”

“May I clarify? Relative to the last time you went through something similar in the FCDO, albeit not on this scale, what is the sense of change? Were you speaking to people at different levels in those previous instances, compared with now? What would be the three or four identifiable differences, so we can say, “This i…”