Select committee: European Affairs Committee
Recommendation 23
1st Report - Citizens’ Rights
Published 23 Jul 2021
Paragraph 135
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We are concerned by the general presumption in caseworker guidance that the longer an application is after the deadline, the less likely it is to meet the “reasonable grounds” criteria. We call on the Home Office to explain the rationale for this presumption.
From: European Affairs Committee, 1st Report - Citizens’ Rights, paragraph 135, 23 July 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 19 November 2021 (deadline 23 September 2021).