Part of Nationality and Borders Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 12:00 pm ar 4 Tachwedd 2021.
Tom Pursglove
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice and Home Office)
12:00,
4 Tachwedd 2021
I think it is fair to say that this country historically has had a leading role in resettling refugees, and the hon. Gentleman will recognise that we have debated this many times during the course of this Committee’s proceedings, and I have referred to the figure of 25,000 people on several occasions. I am confident that that proud tradition will continue. I am not privy to the figures that he has just cited, but I make the point that we have also been in a pandemic, which clearly has had knock-on effects across life and society in our country and in the international environment.
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