Contributions
1,586 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI believe that it is fundamentally unwise to recognise countries as safe in perpetuity, because things are unsafe. This amendment highlights the illogicality of this Bill. These…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe SNP has brought forward these amendments to this appalling Bill not because we really believe that there are improvements that can be made to it, but because that is the…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI beg to move amendment 45, page 2, line 33, leave out “a safe” and insert “an unsafe”.16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will if the hon. Gentleman can tell me why the Government treat people so cruelly, I will.16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe hon. Gentleman should inform himself, because there is no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker in the first place.16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWhat a despondent, pathetic, ridiculous Bill this has been, and what a grim debate it has been to listen to. We have heard a wide range of speeches, most of which, I am afraid to…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Billindicated assent .16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am glad the right hon. Gentleman has had your advice, Dame Rosie, on the subject of the debate. To put the issue into context, every single week I sit in front of people at my…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill My hon. Friend is making some excellent points about how long it has taken to get to this stage. Does he share the concern of many of my constituents that the Government do not…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Immigration Act 2014 (Residential Accommodation) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2023
Draft Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2023The Minister says that somebody has 28 days to appeal, which is quite a short period of time. How long does the Home Office take to conclude these cases?15 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Immigration Act 2014 (Residential Accommodation) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2023
Draft Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2023It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. It is nice to see the Minister in his place, substituting as he is for the other Minister. We have the Minister for Legal…15 Jan 2024HANSARDLegal Migration RulesThat does not answer the question that I put to the Minister at all. What equality impact assessment has been carried out on this policy? What recognition of wage levels in…15 Jan 2024HANSARDLegal Migration RulesThe Home Office’s knee-jerk policy to raise the threshold and its sudden partial reverse ferret to bring it slightly back down again caused a huge amount of distress to people up…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Afghanistan: UK Government PolicyWe absolutely can. The Homes for Ukraine scheme shows what can be done in a pinch when there is an emergency, but nothing has been done to the same extent for the people of…10 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon ScandalOne sinister feature of this scandal has been how the Post Office has tried to intimidate and scare people into compliance. While researching this, I read that those receiving an…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Afghanistan: UK Government PolicyI do, and I understand where that comes from. I also understand that we can say or do things that we later come to reflect and change our mind on and regret. In politics, we…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Afghanistan: UK Government PolicyI am glad that the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) has secured this afternoon’s debate, because it has given us all the opportunity to raise our concerns about…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI oppose this anti-boycott Bill on several points. It is difficult to see its timing as anything other than a cynical move by the UK Government. The Secretary of State talks about…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI would like to make some progress because, as Mr Deputy Speaker said, we are quite short of time. To take Afghanistan as example, 6 million Afghans have been classed by UNHCR as…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI would like to put on the record yet again that the SNP wholeheartedly opposes the principle of the Rwanda plan, of offshoring people as if they were some kind of tiresome trash…09 Jan 2024