, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 2
Thank you. Mihnea.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 2
Very good. Thank you. Joel James.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 2
Thank you. Carolyn Thomas.
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The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 2
Just finally, are the rejected applications being taken note of? Do we know who these individuals are so that they could be spoken to, in theory, or is that not published data?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 2
Thank you. Julie Morgan.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 2
Hopefully we'll pick them up in the questions going on. Fiona Costello.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 2
Welcome back to the Equality and Social Justice Committee and to our second evidence session on the EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit. In this session, we are going to be taking evidence from Mihnea Cuibus, researcher in migration at the…
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The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
I'd like to thank all of you for the clarity of your evidence. It provides some clarity as to what we need to do to prevent this turning into yet another Windrush scandal, which would just cause huge untold agony, as well as a lot of cost. So, thank you very…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Okay. That leads us neatly into Joel James's questions.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Thank you. Julie Morgan.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Well, the High Court ruling that said that those with pre-settled status should automatically get settled status at the end of two years, and where that leaves these individuals.
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The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Yes, okay. Well, there is the elephant in the room over the pre-settled status and the automatic transfer into settled status. I wonder if you can address that, because that seems to be really crucial.
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The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Can I just interrupt? So, would it be possible to extend the session by 10 minutes, so that we can just complete our—? Is that okay with you, Kezia, as well as our two participants in the room? Thank you. Okay. We'll go back to you, Kezia.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Thank you for those comments. We'll take them up elsewhere.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Quickly, because we're going to run out of time otherwise.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Okay, thank you very much. Carolyn Thomas.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you. Kate.
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The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Very good. Could I briefly ask both of you what your relationship is with the UK Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens Rights Agreements, which we have good relations with? Obviously, that is the official body, established under the withdrawal…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Okay. Julie, you wanted to come in.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Thank you. Can I bring in Sioned Williams?
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The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
There are two things arising from that. I wonder if you could write to us about specific local authorities where there's a lack of awareness of what the rules are, and we can investigate that further. And secondly, I wanted to ask specifically about older…
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The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Okay. So, Kezia, just on this point, the Welsh Government has proactively contacted all of our health boards and has found that nobody from Wales has been charged in this way. So, obviously, that's an issue in England, but, as far as we're aware, it's not an…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Thank you for summarising that. Can I bring in Jane Dodds?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Fine. We're interviewing Mihai later on this afternoon.
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The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
Yes, please do, Kezia.
