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HANSARDScheduled 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: 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 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 not say the Government find it irksome to offer people due legal process; of course we do not, because we respect those legal processes. However, we do find it deeply…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaI am sure the Opposition Members who voted for the 2007 Act are extremely grateful for my hon. Friend’s reminder and thanks, but the thrust of his point I completely agree with.…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: 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: 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 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers and Permission to WorkI have to just finish, because there is very little time remaining. I hope that my hon. Friend will forgive me for concluding. I also am concerned about the possibility of…18 Nov 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers and Permission to WorkWe conducted a review of that back at the beginning of the pandemic, and the numbers that I was given were very, very small, but I will say that the professions that are on the…18 Nov 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers and Permission to WorkWell, of course, people who come in through the family reunion route can work straightaway; people who come in under the resettlement programme—those 25,000 people, including the…18 Nov 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers and Permission to WorkIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle) on securing the debate…18 Nov 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers and Permission to WorkMy right hon. Friend, who of course has considerable expertise in this area, is absolutely right. The UNHCR, over the last five years, has chosen the people who are most in need,…18 Nov 2020HANSARDProbate Registry ServiceIt is, as always, a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Carlisle (John Stevenson) for securing this debate on a topic…10 Nov 2020HANSARDProbate Registry ServiceMy hon. Friend is right on the question of the fee. The very large fee increase contemplated a year or two ago went far beyond cost recovery. The current fees, I believe, cover…10 Nov 2020HANSARDProbate Registry ServiceI believe that that is the case, but in the interest of absolute clarity it would be safest if I were to write to the right hon. Lady confirming it. I believe it is, but I will…10 Nov 2020HANSARDUnaccompanied Child Refugees: EU Transition PeriodThe United Kingdom tabled a full draft agreement to the European Commission back in May, which included provisions for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children family reunion. That…09 Nov 2020HANSARDUnaccompanied Child Refugees: EU Transition PeriodGiven that the problems posed by cross-channel small boat crossings, as we discussed earlier, are unique, serious, dangerous—as we have tragically seen—and facilitated by ruthless…09 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have been speaking very regularly to people working with asylum seekers in Glasgow. Just last week, I spoke to Aileen Campbell, the Scottish Government Communities Secretary,…09 Nov 2020