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registered interest false more like this
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Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Entry Clearances: Married People more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to change the £18,600 income threshold for immigration of non-EEA partners of British citizens. more like this
tabling member constituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd more like this
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Liz Saville Roberts more like this
uin 50651 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-11-07more like thismore than 2016-11-07
answer text <p>The minimum income threshold of £18,600 for sponsoring a non-EEA partner to come to the UK prevents burdens on the taxpayer and promotes integration. It was set following advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee and reflects the income at which a family settled in the UK generally ceases to be able to access income-related benefits. The policy has been approved by Parliament and upheld as lawful by the courts.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby remove filter
answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-11-07T14:08:40.13Zmore like thismore than 2016-11-07T14:08:40.13Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts more like this