I refer, for example, to the social security Benefits Agency. That agency dealt with a woman from Sri Lanka who had exceptional leave to remain and a national insurance number, and who had already worked for that agency over the past two years. Column 696 order. Her start date was delayed by three weeks. However, she was a lot luckier than most.
Employers seem to have great difficulty with the concept of exceptional leave to remain.
Let us take the example of Mr. Dhatt versus McDonald's hamburgers. Mr. Dhatt was an Indian with indefinite leave to remain and had been in the UK since the age of six. It was not accepted and he was dismissed. There are a great many more cases like that with which I shall not detain the House. However, the Minister may wish to become concerned about the case discovered by the citizens advice bureaux of a woman who produced a German passport.