David Hanson MP, Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister, said:

“What does Helen Grant know that we don’t? Is this crisis going to last all summer? Holidays in Britain are fantastic but ministers shouldn’t be trying to divert attention from the chaos they created. People need their passports for business, family funeral visits, residency permits and other personal reasons as well as their holidays abroad. Helen Grant should be on to the Home Office to get this sorted now, rather than telling families they won’t be going abroad any time soon.”

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