Question follow-through · 76322
Immigration: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to exempt the BNO visa scheme from the proposed extension of the standard qualifying period for settlement.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 22 Sept 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Visas: British National (Overseas) · 20 Feb 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to exempt the BNO visa scheme from the proposed extension of the standard qualifying period for settlement.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future. I welcomed the opportunity to listen to the views of Members in the recent 8th September Westminster Hall Deba...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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