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HANSARDYoung People not in Education, Employment or TrainingIn the pandemic, young people were among the least at risk, but they gave up so much of their lives to protect those who were at risk. No generation has made such a sacrifice for…12 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIt is an honour to follow that eloquent and impassioned maiden speech by our new colleague, the hon. Member for Runcorn and Helsby (Sarah Pochin). I can tell that we will be…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemThe public have been waiting for 15 years to hear a Government set out a serious strategy to get a grip on the legal migration system so that it works for public confidence, for…12 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that we have significant problems in this country as the system to address modern slavery has degraded? Will she join me in pushing for the national…12 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWill the right hon. Member give way?12 May 2025HANSARDYoung People not in Education, Employment or Training3. What steps she is taking to help support young people not in education, employment or training.12 May 2025HANSARDMonitoring Sewage Overflows: Scotland2. What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on best practice on monitoring sewage overflows.08 May 2025HANSARDMonitoring Sewage Overflows: ScotlandThe beautiful beaches of my constituency are marred by sewage-related debris. In Scotland, under the SNP, we do not even properly monitor sewage overflows. Meanwhile, in England,…08 May 2025HANSARD Child Rape GangsAs we have heard, when Alexis Jay came to the Home Affairs Committee, she told how she had pushed and pushed for the implementation of her long and wide-ranging report, but heard…28 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI put on record my complete sympathy and solidarity with the victims of the Horizon scandal, which is one of the biggest injustices in modern British history. I was extremely…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseWhen Alexis Jay appeared before the Home Affairs Committee earlier this year, she was clear that at no point in seven years, under seven Conservative Home Secretaries, did anyone…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Israel: Refusal of Entry for UK ParliamentariansWhat has happened to our two amazing colleagues —my hon. Friends—is appalling, but it is part of a pattern of behaviour from Israel of disdain for diplomatic relations with…07 Apr 2025HANSARDPeople SmugglingPeople smugglers do not just put the immigration system in jeopardy; they exploit the vulnerable and they put lives in danger. There is nothing progressive about allowing the…31 Mar 2025HANSARD Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for making that really important point. I remember reading about that case; it is one of the most horrific ones, but there are so many horrific cases of…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th AnniversaryMy hon. Friend is making an important point about industries such as takeaways being sites of modern slavery. In my local council, East Lothian, there has been a pilot scheme…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th AnniversaryI pay tribute to the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley), both for securing this debate and for her legacy in this field. As the Chair of the Home…27 Mar 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels and Illegal Channel CrossingsDoes the Minister share my astonishment at the shadow Home Secretary’s argument given that the Conservatives wasted tens of millions of pounds on accommodation that could not be…25 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ8. According to the charity Shelter, there are more homeless children in my city of Edinburgh than in the whole of Wales. That is an appalling legacy of 18 years of SNP…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Does the Minister agree that community ownership projects will be crucial to achieving our world-leading net zero goals, and will he come to Edinburgh to see some of our…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. Madeleine Albright, the former US Secretary of State, was first a refugee in the UK, and she said that, in Britain,…18 Mar 2025