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HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI will not be voting for this Bill. I do not believe it should even be permitted to proceed through this House, and I tabled a reasoned amendment to that effect. The Bill…18 May 2020HANSARD CoronavirusDoes the Secretary of State accept that keeping Parliament functioning as normal, with the public visiting, is simply irresponsible? As others are encouraged to cancel large…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Asylum Decisions (Support for Refugees)Will the Minister commit to looking at how much would be contributed financially by tax payments, if asylum seekers were allowed to work after six months, as well as how much the…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Asylum Decisions (Support for Refugees)I apologise for running in like a bat out of hell. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir David. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol West (Thangam…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. On Monday, in answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall (Florence Eshalomi) about the right to a family life under her new…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration Systemindicated dissent .24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemI would like to thank the Home Secretary for giving me early sight of this statement. She and the Government call this a points-based immigration system, but Professor Alan…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI have heard Members throughout the debate talking about ending automatic release as if it was a new thing, but the Minister will be aware that the measure already exists in…12 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI thank the SNP for securing this debate. It is often falsely claimed that we never talk about migration in this country; on the contrary, it seems that many on the Government…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. There are huge shortages of professional and scientific workers, as well as of workers in the wholesale and retail trade and in the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I do appreciate that. In the case of the Scottish Government, there is currently a very welcome, rational and reasoned approach to…11 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemWill the Secretary of State provide some clarification regarding the proposed immigration system? It has been called Australian-styled, but the Minister will be aware that the…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI thank the many Members who have spoken in this debate, particularly those who spoke with such high regard for the Windrush generation. My family first started moving to this…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Streatham IncidentThe people of Streatham, as resilient and as united as they are, remain shaken by what happened yesterday. We are very grateful to the emergency services for their swift response…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI am pleased to follow fantastic maiden speeches by the hon. Members for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson) and for West Bromwich West (Shaun Bailey), as well as that by…30 Jan 2020