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58094

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sovereignty: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any UK citizens would involuntarily lose resident citizenship as a result of Scottish independence.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Eric Joyce
	uin	198712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the event of a vote for independence, decisions about UK citizenship would <br>rest with the UK Government; the basis for entitlement to Scottish citizenship <br>would be for the government of an independent Scottish state to decide.<br><br>The UK has historically been tolerant of plural nationalities, and therefore it <br>is likely that it would be possible for an individual to hold both British and <br>Scottish citizenship. However, under current rules British citizens living <br>outside the UK cannot pass their British nationality on more than one <br>generation. So, the children of British citizens living in an independent <br>Scotland would be British citizens, but their children and subsequent <br>generations would not be.<br><br>The government of the continuing UK would also need to consider whether all <br>British citizens living in Scotland could retain their British citizenship upon <br>independence. This cannot be guaranteed and could be dependent on any residence <br>requirements or proof of affinity to the continuing UK. It is not possible to <br>predict now what the decision of a future government of the continuing UK might <br>be in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2014 11:31:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	603 label Biography information for Eric Joyce

732678

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review immigration rules for spouse visas.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	1189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Supreme Court has upheld the lawfulness of the English language and minimum income requirements of the Immigration Rules for spouse visas. The requirements prevent burdens on the taxpayer and promote integration.</p><p>The Supreme Court agrees that they strike a fair balance between the interests of those wishing to sponsor a non-European Economic Area national spouse to settle in the UK and of the community in general.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 29/06/2017 14:43:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

754699

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fruit: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU nationals who work in the UK soft fruit sector will be able to continue to work in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	6779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, sets out our proposals for enabling European Union citizens residing in the UK before a specified cut off date (to be confirmed, but between 29 March 2017 and exit) to continue to live and work here. After five years’ continuous residence, they will be able to apply for UK settled status. There are no plans to differentiate according to work sector.</p><p>The details of the new scheme will be subject to negotiations. We will publish further detail on the specifics of the new application process, including detailed eligibility criteria and requirements, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/09/2017 15:53:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1136140

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Facebook
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What information the Government holds on the sale of illegal drugs through private groups on Facebook; and if he will ensure that Facebook tackles that practice.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	911741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The government does not hold this information</p><p><br>A robust law enforcement response is a fundamental part of the government's drug strategy and we are taking coordinated action to tackle illegal drugs alongside associated criminal activity. Law enforcement agencies continue to work with internet service providers to shut down UK-based websites found to be committing offences such as selling drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.</p><p>The government has been clear that more needs to be done to tackle online harms, including sale of illegal goods. That is why the Government published the Online Harms White Paper, which sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online and hold companies to account for tackling a wide range of online harms.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/07/2019 15:33:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1202297

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have lost money through telephone scams in each of the last five years in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Falkirk constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	58002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>Victims of fraud and cyber-crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are encouraged to report these crimes directly to a centralised reporting centre called Action Fraud. Fraud victims in Scotland also reported crimes directly into Action Fraud until December 2019, when Police Scotland decided that victims should report incidents directly to them, via their 101 service. These reports are now recorded separately from Action Fraud data.</p><p> </p><p>Action Fraud does not categorise fraud reports by the mode in which the fraud was conducted. Fraud can often encompass several different methods of communication, so it may not necessarily be clear to the victim what the primary vector for this kind of criminal attack was. Victim locations are only recorded when sufficient information is provided. For these reasons, the data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/07/2020 11:34:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1359836

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to add the garment industry to the Shortage Occupation List.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	57099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>The Skilled Worker route already contains several eligible occupations from this sector, such as weavers, upholsterers, tailors and dressmakers subject to salary and language requirements being met. An occupation at RQF3 or above does not need to be on the Shortage Occupation List to qualify for recruitment under the Skilled Worker Route.</p><p>In their last call for evidence the independent Migration Advisory Committee received evidence from several stakeholders from the garment industry, but they concluded this evidence did not warrant occupations from this sector being added onto the SOL. We will also not be creating more general routes allowing recruitment at or near the minimum wage into this sector via immigration as an alternative to investing in UK based staff and offering them rewarding packages of terms and conditions.</p><p>More generally those business facing recruitment issues should, in the first instance, engage with the Department for Work and Pensions about the support they can offer in seeking recruits and supporting training.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2021 16:37:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 26365 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1381066

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the equity of her Department's decisions to grant indefinite leave to remain to Afghans and spouses of British citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	79404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>All decisions to grant indefinite leave to those evacuated from Afghanistan, including the spouses of British citizens, are taken on an individual basis and with consideration to the specific circumstances of the case.</p><p>These cohorts are treated more generously than other family members of British citizens because of the unique circumstances of the evacuation, alongside the need to quickly move people to safety without being able to assess their ability to meet the normal Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/11/2021 11:22:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1402700

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to add further exemptions to her Department's absence policy to include absence related to reactions and side effects caused by covid-19 booster vaccination.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	103570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>There is an existing exemption in our attendance management policy covering the acute phase of Covid infection.</p><p>For absences relating to reactions to, or side effects from, Covid vaccination (which are likely to be of short duration), managers are encouraged to take a sympathetic approach under the normal provisions of our attendance management policy. We have no plans to introduce an exemption covering reactions to Covid vaccinations.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/01/2022 12:33:02 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1461939

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment she has made of the efficiency of each HM Passport Office branch for processing passport applications and renewals; and what steps her Department is taking to improve efficiency in branches that are comparatively less efficient.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Due to differences in some of the work undertaken at individual passport offices, such as more complex international work, productivity will vary at a local level. However, Her Majesty’s Passport Office has a range of tried and tested arrangements in place to monitor performance at local and national level, which helps to ensure that there is no disparity in the handling of like-for-like cases across each site.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 16:33:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1463057

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Russian citizens who are in the process of applying for UK Visas.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	2526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Part of the government’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been to issue more than 107,000 visas to Ukrainians seeking to come to the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme. This has inevitably had an impact on visa applications from other nationalities coming through normal visa routes.</p><p>As a result of the current conflict in Ukraine, applications from Russian nationals to enter the United Kingdom are subject to additional checks. Russia is also subject to sanctions which may impact on the ability of individuals to pay for certain services and a visa will not be granted if the purpose of the travel to the UK would be in breach of them.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 15:18:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 2781 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally