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HANSARDImmigration and Asylum BillHouses in multiple occupation have always been a part of providing refuge for people with mental health issues, people fleeing domestic abuse and those in many other…13 Jul 2026HANSARDImmigration and Asylum BillI am afraid not. My hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow mentioned core protection. It is right that we simplify the protection status in this country and put into statute what…13 Jul 2026HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesThe Government remain grateful to the British public for the generosity shown to Ukrainians who sought sanctuary in the UK. The Ukrainian scheme provides a substantial offer of…13 Jul 2026HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesI am sad to hear about that case. The hon. Lady partially answers the question for me in the sense that the Government have ensured that Artem will be eligible for a 24-month…13 Jul 2026HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesWhen people wish to move back, we want to support that in any way we can. The point about savings is a new one to me. If the hon. Lady was to write to me, we would help in…13 Jul 2026HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesMy hon. Friend raises an important issue here. I know from my own community, where the immigration conversation is sometimes very difficult indeed, that those who raise…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am slightly saddened by the hon. Gentleman’s question. He and I had a very good conversation about the nature of the supported population in his constituency, and he knows that…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would stress that, as my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has said, no decision has been taken in respect of that site, and suitability assessments continue. We are engaging…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question and his time, to Madam Deputy Speaker for her time and advocacy and indeed to the local councillors for their time. I was very…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will know that 70,000 people have been removed by this Government—41% up on the figure under our predecessors. He makes a good point about data, which has been…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe ECHR provides important protection both for ourselves and for those who are abroad. We have been clear that we inherited a system without order or control, and we are…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with my hon. Friend. He will know that we suspended family reunion, but as we set out in our White Paper over a year ago, we believe that reform of the family routes…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe recognise that threat—we monitor hundreds of protests a year. In a democracy, people have to be able to make their case, but that should never tip into harassment, abuse or the…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLike many right hon. and hon. Members, I have fond memories, in both childhood and adulthood, of Blackpool. I am glad to see the Metropole back on the journey to its proper…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful for that question and the spirit in which the right hon. Gentleman asked it. I recognise his advocacy in helping us to understand that it was the wrong thing in the…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think and talk about the Cladhan hotel a lot, because we are resolute about closing that hotel, but I appreciate that my hon. Friend’s constituents, and others, would not feel…13 Jul 2026HANSARDImmigration and Asylum BillYou are not alone in that assessment, Madam Deputy Speaker—you are not alone! It is a privilege to close this debate. Today the House is going through the collective trauma of the…13 Jul 2026HANSARDImmigration and Asylum BillI am really sorry, but I cannot. On Shabir Ahmed, my hon. Friends the Members for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton (Jim McMahon) and for Rochdale (Paul Waugh) made really…13 Jul 2026HANSARDEuropean Entry and Exit SystemI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his important question. The entry-exit system is an EU scheme and its implementation is the responsibility of the European Commission and…08 Jul 2026HANSARDEuropean Entry and Exit SystemI recognise that it is a shared goal for ourselves, for locally affected Members of Parliament and for the French to ensure that we do not see scenes of huge queues. We know the…08 Jul 2026