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HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThat is always the challenge, because we live in a world of misinformation, disinformation and, I am sad to say, occasionally bad faith. However, my antidote to that is the same…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am very grateful to the hon. Lady for her question. She may have heard me say before that it is not in the interests of anyone, anywhere in the UK, for the work of establishing…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI will not give way, as the hon. Gentleman has more than had the opportunity to make his case. We have said that that is what we will do, and that is what we will do. On that…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe hon. Gentleman will know that in this Government’s 16 months in office we have removed 50,000 people who had no right to be here.19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillAgain, I know that the hon. Gentleman has to try hard to desperately defend the previous Government’s record and their failure. He knows as well as I do that the original sin in…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am afraid that panto season is starting early, Madam Deputy Speaker.19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWith the leave of the House, I am grateful to all hon. Members for their contributions and to those who took this legislation through all its previous stages. Let me address some…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWe want to bring forward a whole set of data on this issue that helps people get a picture of what is going on—I am not sure whether the hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe hon. Gentleman can ask the questions, but he cannot give the answers as well. I am afraid that I will not give way again—I am going to finish my point. When it comes to…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI can assure Members, especially those from Northern Ireland, that we are talking closely with colleagues in the Northern Ireland Executive—the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe hon. Gentleman really does have to let me finish my point before I give way. He heard about this Government’s commitment to that, and about the work that is under way. Having…19 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am slightly reluctant to enter into the Brexit theory of everything with the hon. Gentleman. The reality is that we have the settlement we have. The British people rightly want…17 Nov 2025HANSARDImmigration Removal Centre ContractsThe Home Office has a procurement policy of competition by default, actively engaging with suppliers via the Government “find a tender” service to generate interest and promote…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sad that the hon. Gentleman has a different characterisation of those who seek refuge in this country than the one I have from my own community —that is not my experience. We…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn so many ways, the hon. Gentleman is ahead of his time—I may well be the first person to accuse him of that. He will have the opportunity to hear from the Home Secretary about…17 Nov 2025HANSARDImmigration Removal Centre ContractsI totally agree. The original sin in respect of what we are dealing with today—hotel use across the country and our pivot to military sites—was the choice of the previous…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman and I have had this conversation about Stanwell before, and he has pressed the matter with characteristic vigour. I can say to him and his community that we…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister for Policing and Crime recently met a delegation of Sikh colleagues to discuss that very important case. As for the hon. Gentleman’s broader point about Denmark, it…17 Nov 2025HANSARDImmigration Removal Centre Contracts“Real need” is a very important phrase. The reality is that over this Government’s time in office, we have deported over 50,000 people who have no right to be here—the best period…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will have to follow up in writing with the specific percentages for the right hon. Gentleman, but I assure him and the House that we are doing full biometric checks at the front…17 Nov 2025