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HANSARDImmigration PolicyMy hon. Friend is exactly right. With regard to family returns, I hear from Conservative Members that they would rather pay a family with no prospect of staying in the country an…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyThe British public expect and deserve an immigration system with order and control. In November, the Home Secretary announced the most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyWe know from the materials of the traffickers that illegal working is one of those advertising features used to suggest to people that they should try to come to the UK. The…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyI believe that my hon. Friend is referring to earned settlement. It has always been the case that the immigration rules in force at the point of application, rather than at the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyOf course we take a lens on reform. The hon. Lady will know that those seeking asylum cannot work in such environments, so they would not be germane to that conversation. We look…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyMy hon. Friend is right, and I make exactly the same assessment of the position in Nottingham that I make of the position in Bournemouth. Those are people who leant into the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyWe take our obligations and commitment to Afghans very seriously; since 2021, over 37,000 have come here via resettlement schemes. The change last week is because we have a…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyAs the hon. Gentleman knows, and as I have said previously, the governing criteria for settlement have always applied at the point of application, rather than at the point of…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyAs I have said to other colleagues, I can confirm that the income threshold, and particularly how it is resolved at a family unit level, was part of the consultation. We have had…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyI am grateful for that question. On fairness, the applicable rules have always been those in force at the point of application, rather than at the point of entry, so I do not…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyI cannot accept that. The hon. Gentleman will have seen that we were very clear in our settlement consultation that coming here, working hard, contributing, paying taxes, learning…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyOn the deterrence point, as I have said, we are receiving applications at an unprecedented level, and at a time when our European Union counterparts are seeing fewer applications.…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyI am sure that the subject of that meeting was not how to help people to work illegally in the fishing industry, which, as the hon. Gentleman knows, we are discussing today, but…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyIt is tricky, because the right hon. Gentleman talks with power and vigour that was lacking from his colleagues in their 14 years in government. Indeed, he may well know, as…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyFrom my perspective, with regards to action in northern France, what works is what works. It is a matter of record that we have enthusiasm about maritime doctrine-type tactics,…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyI follow the hon. Gentleman’s work. He always says no to large sites and no to hotels, and then proposes fantastical third countries that he is not capable of naming. Ultimately,…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyMy hon. and learned Friend knows that we bring forward our impact assessments alongside the policies as we publish them, and as we seek to debate or implement them. He knows about…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyThe right hon. Gentleman will know that this Government have removed 60,000 people with no right to be in this country—a 31% increase on our predecessors. It is not possible to…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyAt the outset of the consultation, we were very clear that there were certain non-negotiable elements that we had decided prior to the consultation, including moving to a system…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyI absolutely recognise the characterisation offered by my hon. Friend. We know there was abuse of that scheme by unscrupulous employers. We have been working with trade…09 Mar 2026