Contributions
2,978 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaThis charter flight to Jamaica is specifically to remove foreign criminals. The offences committed by the individuals on this flight include sexual assault against children,…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaThere are obviously legal channels through which individuals can raise concerns of the type of the hon. Gentleman just referred to. As I say, many people do precisely that. Just a…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaMy hon. Friend, speaking as a magistrate, hits the nail exactly on the head. The principal concern of Members of Parliament should be protecting the victims of crime and…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaThe right hon. Lady asks whether this is the right thing to do. The answer to that question is categorically yes—an answer that she herself gave when she voted in 2007 for the Act…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaMy hon. Friend is right to raise concerns about abuse of legal process. We find, not just in this context but across the entire immigration system, that last-minute claims are…30 Nov 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: JamaicaMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: it is this Conservative Government who are prioritising the victims and public safety. He is also right to say that the deportation of foreign…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 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: JamaicaI am afraid that the roll-out of rural broadband to my hon. Friend’s house clearly has a bit of a way to go, because he broke up a little. I think he was asking about finding ways…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: JamaicaThe hon. Lady, the shadow Minister, asks about the Windrush scheme. As she will be aware, over 6,300 people have now been given citizenship, quite rightly, and 13,300 documents…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaMy hon. Friend, as always, puts it very well. Of course, when people come to this country as immigrants and make a contribution—to academia, to the work environment, and in myriad…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaI am very grateful for the support emanating from the people of Shipley. I think the public will be astonished to see Labour MPs standing up on the side of dangerous criminals…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaI would like to reciprocate by wishing the hon. Lady a happy St Andrew’s day as well; I am sure the whole House will join me in that. When it comes to removing people who are not…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaAs always, my hon. Friend speaks very well for his constituents. It is absolutely our intention to make sure that, where there are dangerous people in the United Kingdom, we will…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: JamaicaLet me start by offering the Home Affairs Committee Chairman reassurance in regard to the flight this week. All the people in scope for that flight have had their cases…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaYes I do agree, of course. My hon. Friend puts the point very well. One of the most fundamental duties of any Government is to protect their citizens, and ensuring that foreign…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaI have already given the House a clear assurance that all these cases have been individually looked at and, as I have said several times already, that none is eligible for the…30 Nov 2020