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Immigration

Asked by Neil CoyleLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 16 September 2025UIN 75994

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of exempting people with experience of transnational suppression from proposals to increase the qualifying time for Indefinite Leave to Remain to ten years.

Answered by Mike Tapp

We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year. All will be welcome to participate. We will provide details of how the scheme will work after that consultation.

Any attempt by any foreign power to intimidate, harass or harm individuals or communities in the UK will not be tolerated.

Wherever we identify such threats, we will use all measures, including through our world-class intelligence services, to mitigate risk to individuals, and we will continue to ensure that robust systems are in place to detect, deter and counter such activity.

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