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Asylum: Employment |
| Question ID: |
1811399 |
| UIN: |
HL8299 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4922 |
| Asking Member display name: |
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
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The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the waiting period before an asylum seeker with an outstanding asylum claim can access jobs on the Shortage Occupation List or the Immigration Salary List to six months. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hanson of Flint
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hanson of Flint
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| Answer text: |
The Home Office’s priority remains to ensure that employers and employees who play by the rules are not undercut by people working illegally, or by unscrupulous employers exploiting their labour.We have repeatedly resisted calls to relax our policy positi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |