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HANSARDRefugee Settlement ProgrammeThe hon. Lady will know—this is an ambition that I have often voiced to her—that we have sought to bring together the vulnerable persons resettlement scheme, the vulnerable…15 Jul 2019HANSARDRefugee Settlement ProgrammeWe continue to engage with international and domestic delivery partners and stakeholders, as we work through the detailed policy and operational considerations for the new global…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryIt is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley (Jess Phillips) on securing this important…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryThe quote, which the hon. Lady has somewhat misinterpreted, has been amended to give clarification. It should not have been able to lead to such a level of misinterpretation. None…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryI will have to get back to the hon. Lady with precise numbers on those in the prison estate. Of course, it is important to reflect that those in the prison estate will be foreign…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryThe gatekeeper function remains under close scrutiny. I and the many individual monitors who look at our detention system have scrutinised and continue to scrutinise the process…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryIt is difficult for me to comment on the application to individuals, but I will certainly come back to the hon. Gentleman with a fuller response to that point. Several comments…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsAt no point have I said that these people are not vulnerable. I have tried to set out that they have had an asylum claim that has not been found to be valid and that they have…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate and providing me with the opportunity to clarify the current position in Glasgow regarding those who are no longer eligible for…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to point out that they have the right to submit a fresh claim, but I am very anxious to emphasise that what we cannot encourage is a circular process,…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsAs I was saying, a small number of people have been granted refugee status, but it is absolutely right that they then move on from accommodation that is designated for destitute…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsThe legal action that was started last year and the judgement concluded in April this year did not provide a barrier to Serco continuing with this activity. It chose to pause it.…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsI must make a little more progress. Each week, Serco has provided the Home Office with a list of individuals who are overstaying in properties. The Home Office carefully checks…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsI set out very clearly earlier—I cannot find the place in my notes right now—that Serco continued with the process because actually there was a cohort that came to everyone’s…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsI think that Mr Deputy Speaker is concerned that we are about to use more time than I am permitted. I am proud of the contribution that our country makes to providing…27 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI will take the hon. Gentleman back to the responses from Scotland to the consultation undertaken by the committee, which has held events in every region and every nation of the…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I welcome this debate on immigration and the opportunity for what I am sure will be a thoughtful and constructive discussion. I am a little…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationindicated assent.26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Indeed, the noisy hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Angus Brendan MacNeil) has come in chewing gum right at the end, having left very soon…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationNo, I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman again. Evidence-based policy making is the principle that our future borders and immigration system will be built upon. It will be a…26 Jun 2019