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[email protected] and click here to be added to the mailing list. The Scottish Parliament is in recess until 29 August 2021. Immigration and Asylum Scottish Parliament Oral Answers European Union Settlement Scheme Emma Roddick (SNP): To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Home Office regarding the reported backlog in processing applications for the European Union settlement scheme. (S6T-00104) Reply from the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (Angus Robertson): It is unacceptable that, with eight days to go to the EU settlement scheme deadline, there is now a backlog of more than 300,000 unresolved cases.