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Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 April 2026

Debate

Student Visas

Contribution

I am very happy to meet my noble friend and representatives from the university sector. It is extremely important that we make this work properly for both sectors as a whole, and I know that officials in the department are in constant touch with the sector to look at how we can improve performance. In 2025, 448,241 entry clearance applications were received and only 18,434 were refused, which is about 4%.

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