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HANSARD Immigration Rules: Supported AccommodationI very much agree with my hon. Friend. I am afraid that, as it stands, the legal system is, as my right hon. Friends the Members for Wokingham and for Gainsborough (Sir Edward…16 Dec 2020HANSARDAsylum System ReformI thank my hon. Friend for that question. As I said, we will be introducing legislation in the first half of next year. It will aim to be fair to people with meritorious claims,…14 Dec 2020HANSARDAsylum System ReformMy hon. Friend puts it perfectly. It is unfair on the taxpayer to have people whose claims have been rejected still subsisting in accommodation, and it is unfair on people with…14 Dec 2020HANSARDAsylum System ReformMy hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. The United Kingdom’s resettlement scheme aims to take people directly from dangerous conflict zones, such as those around Syria, into…14 Dec 2020HANSARDAsylum System ReformI agree entirely with my hon. Friend. Where an asylum claim has been rejected, it is only right and fair that the person whose claim has been rejected should leave quickly. Sadly,…14 Dec 2020HANSARDAsylum System ReformThe large numbers being accommodated are to some degree a consequence of covid because, as my right hon. Friend will know, we have been running significantly lower levels of…14 Dec 2020HANSARDAsylum System ReformAs the Home Secretary has already announced, we will embark next year on one of the biggest ever reforms of our asylum system. The system is in need of fundamental reform in which…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCourt Cases: BacklogJustice systems around the world have been profoundly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but I am pleased that the court system in England and Wales has been among the world’s…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCourt Cases: BacklogAs the hon. Gentleman says, 16 Nightingale courts are up and running, and the Ministry of Justice has secured a total of just over £110 million in additional funding from the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCourt Cases: BacklogAs I said, we are putting a great deal of extra resources into the justice system, including employment tribunals, to ensure that we recover from coronavirus. There is £110…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCourt Cases: BacklogMy hon. Friend is right to draw attention to that important area, and it is certainly a matter that Ministers are mindful of and focused on. The judiciary decided early on in the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCommunity Sentence Treatment RequirementsMy hon. Friend is right to raise community sentence treatment requirements as an important area to push, expand and develop. The Government firmly believe that, where someone has…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCommunity Sentence Treatment RequirementsMy hon. Friend asks a good question. CRCs are being transitioned out and the probation service will take over organising this activity, but within that there will be opportunities…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCourt Cases: BacklogThe shadow Minister makes reference to a reduction of trial numbers last year. Of course, that is because crime is significantly down since 2010, when Labour left office. If there…08 Dec 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaI have the particulars of the case in front of me. He was sentenced to four years and served two. The offences were very serious indeed. No, we certainly will not be stopping the…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaThe hon. Lady speaks of what she calls mass deportations. I have already pointed out that, over the last year, of the 5,800 people who have been removed, only 33 have been of…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaI entirely agree with my hon. Friend, and I can give him that assurance. He puts it very well. We have extended a welcome and hospitality to people who come to this country, and…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. It has been conspicuous this afternoon that it has been Government Members who have stood up to speak out for victims and for the safety of…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaThe hon. Lady said a few moments ago that the people subject to deportation proceedings are mainly black. That is not true because, as I said earlier very clearly, the majority of…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaAs the hon. Lady will know, only people who have been sentenced to a custodial sentence of a year or more are eligible, so, clearly, minor driving offences are outside the scope…30 Nov 2020