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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Children with disabilities often require specialist equipment to meet their needs but, because of…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy right hon. Friend is exactly right. In recent years, the Government have unlawfully failed to satisfy the simplest of obligations in relation to citizenship deprivation:…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. To ask servicemen and women to pay for the privilege of living in the country that they fought for and were prepared to defend is completely…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe British Nationality Act has been in law for the last 40 years and that provides the power to strip people of citizenship. What we are talking about here is doing it without…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. She is exactly right. How can it be right that somebody is able to be stripped of their citizenship without knowing about it? That is…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. How can someone know when the 28 days are going to run if they have not received notice of the decision to strip them of their…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI will give way one last time, but I must make progress.07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. This measure will clearly affect people who have other citizenships available to them, because it is unlawful to deprive someone of…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillAs I have made clear, I am speaking about Commonwealth veterans who are fighting for us, defending our country. We very much support waiving the fees for them to become British…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI will give way one last time, but I need to make progress; otherwise, there will be very little time for anyone else to speak.07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThis Bill is a sham. It does nothing to create safe routes for resettlement, nothing to garner international support for breaking people-smuggling gangs, and nothing to support…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI agree with the hon. Member, but that is directly because we no longer have reciprocal arrangements. That is the crux of the problem with the Bill. We need more reciprocal…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillAt the moment, there are no safe routes for children to come to the UK. That is why there has been an increase in crossings and more unaccompanied children crossing.07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillIf the hon. Member will allow me to continue, he may be interested in what I will say on new clause 49, which addresses his point. I will try to make some progress; I was told off…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The Bill will fail if there are not reciprocal arrangements, and that is deeply worrying. Not having those arrangements will encourage…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI will, but then I must make progress.07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI will make progress. The agreements we had previously, such as Dublin III, gave people who were eligible a safe route here, and they also allowed us to send people to other safe…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillAs I have previously said, international co-operation is at the root of dealing with the problems that this Bill will purportedly address.07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMany people have dual nationality in the UK, and those are the people who are in fear of the measure being introduced. I will now make progress. The clause not only represents a…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. I am not aware that the Children’s Commissioner was consulted, but I am sure the Minister will clarify whether they were. The fee for a…07 Dec 2021