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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (First sitting)Q I should probably declare that I used to work on refugee and asylum issues in Scotland, including with the Scottish Refugee Council. Enver, you talked a bit about the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (First sitting)Q Dr Walsh, you said something fascinating that the Minister picked up on about the Dublin system and the driver of people getting on small boats. Could you say a little bit more…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (First sitting)I did too.27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (First sitting)It was about the impact on local communities of the dysfunction created by the Illegal Migration Act and the Rwanda Act, and how much you attribute that dysfunction—especially the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (First sitting)Q We heard from the previous panels about how the Illegal Migration Act and the Rwanda Act caused wholesale dysfunction in the immigration system and especially in asylum. I want…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for the really interesting testimonies that you have brought today; we really appreciate it. I have two questions. We heard from the Migration Observatory earlier that…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q In 2018, the Government was spending £18,000 per asylum seeker, per year. Then they brought in the Illegal Migration Act, the Nationality and Borders Act, and the Safety of…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)But they passed the Act. David Coleman: It was never tried. It might well have failed, but it was certainly a different avenue. It was not the one you had in mind, I am sure, but…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for coming today. We heard some evidence this morning about the Illegal Migration and Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Acts. Witnesses have called them a…27 Feb 2025HANSARDPrevent: Learning ReviewAs a new Member, I sadly never knew Sir David Amess, but from what people have said about his dedication to his constituents and his good humour across the House, he is a model…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Billrose—10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillOf course, the issue is that Scotland is not the same everywhere. My community in Edinburgh and East Lothian is seeing its population grow, while other parts are seeing their…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am pleased we are having this debate today, as the measures proposed in the Bill are long, long overdue. Anyone can see that confidence in the immigration and border security…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesLet us be clear: Palestinian land belongs to the Palestinians, and any implication that they should be forced from it should be unequivocally condemned. Individual Palestinians…06 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituency has some of Britain’s most beautiful beaches, beloved by swimmers and the local community in Portobello and Joppa. Groups like the Porty Water Collective are…30 Jan 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationThere are about a million children in Gaza. To put that in context, we have about a million children in Scotland too. Before I was elected, I worked for Save the Children and I…28 Jan 2025HANSARDExtremism ReviewI thank the Minister for his unambiguous statement. I had a feeling that he was going to say something along those lines, because I read a similar unambiguous statement from the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSouthport AttackI welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. In her statement and in the Prime Minister’s speech this morning, they painted a terrifying picture of how terrorism is changing in this…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In her report, Alexis Jay notes that one in 20 boys and one in six girls in the United Kingdom is estimated to be a victim of sexual abuse. We…16 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twenty First sitting)That is a very helpful intervention, because it draws me on to my final point. There is a distinction between what rights there are and what rights are enforced. We have seen from…16 Jan 2025