A question on #Visas #EUCountries tabled by Mike Martin on 25-03-2025 has been answered by Seema Malhotra.

Heading: Visas: EU Countries
Question ID: 1788372
UIN: 41247
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-25
Asking Member ID: 5219
Asking Member display name: Mike Martin
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Mike Martin
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of agreeing with (a) the European Union and (b) individual Schengen Area countries to allow British citizens to stay up to 180 days without a vis
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Date answered: 2025-03-31
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Answering Member ID: 4253
Answering Member display name: Seema Malhotra
Answering Member handle: SeemaMalhotra1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @SeemaMalhotra1
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Answer text: The European Union is responsible for visa policy in relation to short stays in the territory of Schengen states, including visa requirements. Short stays are stays of no more than 90 days within any 180-day period, as set out in EU legislation. The UK an...
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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
Tweeted: true