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HANSARDCriminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2020. It is a pleasure to serve under your…08 Oct 2020HANSARDNo Recourse to Public FundsI was about to come to that point. I heard the right hon. Gentleman make that point in his speech. He had seen evidence saying that the data was held, but it had not been…08 Oct 2020HANSARDNo Recourse to Public FundsI must finish to allow time for the right hon. Member for East Ham to wind up. There is a clear route to having the conditions lifted for people with children, quite rightly. It…08 Oct 2020HANSARDNo Recourse to Public FundsI do not know the answer to that question, but I will go away and find out because it is a very reasonable question to ask. More generally, people who are subject to NRPF are…08 Oct 2020HANSARDNo Recourse to Public FundsLet me finish the point and I will give way in a moment. The success rate for those applications is very high. The most recent figures, which I think the hon. Member for Halifax…08 Oct 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillI thank the Chairman of the Justice Committee for the work that he and his Committee have done in this area, which has been very thorough and useful. I think we do accept the…06 Oct 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1. This Bill—Helen’s law, as we have come to know it—amends the release provisions that apply to offenders who do not…06 Oct 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillWith the leave of the House, let me say a word or two in conclusion. I once again thank the hon. Members for St Helens North (Conor McGinn) and for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport…06 Oct 2020HANSARDOnline Right to Rent ChecksThe Right to Rent Scheme was launched to ensure only those lawfully in the country can access the private rental sector, and to tackle unscrupulous landlords who exploit…29 Sept 2020HANSARDCross-Channel Illegal MigrationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. France is a safe country and, as I said, people who wish to claim protection from persecution when they are in northern France should do so by…28 Sept 2020HANSARDRefugee ResettlementThe United Kingdom, over the past five years, has, I am proud to say, run Europe’s leading resettlement scheme; we have resettled more people directly from conflict zones than any…28 Sept 2020HANSARDAsylum Accommodation: Covid-19As the hon. and learned Lady says, formal investigations are going on, and of course the Home Office will support them in any way that we are asked to. In relation to the internal…28 Sept 2020HANSARDAsylum Accommodation: Covid-19I am a he, not a she. We will not reverse the decision, because we need to make sure that when their asylum decisions have been made, people are moved on into the community. We…28 Sept 2020HANSARDRefugee ResettlementThe hon. Member will know that we are going through a spending review process, where questions of funding will be considered. Although the resettlement programme is currently…28 Sept 2020HANSARDAsylum Accommodation: Covid-19As I have mentioned, during the coronavirus pandemic we have been allowing people to remain in their asylum accommodation even after their asylum decision has been made,…28 Sept 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Resettlement and RelocationAs the shadow Minister says, on 27 March we paused cessations whereby people leave asylum accommodation when their decision is made positively or negatively. On 11 August, we…28 Sept 2020HANSARDCross-Channel Illegal MigrationMy hon. Friend puts it very well. We are pursuing the ruthless criminals who facilitate this wicked process. Twenty-four of them have been convicted so far this year. He is right…28 Sept 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Resettlement and RelocationAs another Croydon MP, I would like to add my words to those of my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Croydon Central (Sarah Jones), and pay tribute to Sergeant Ratana…28 Sept 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Resettlement and RelocationWe are investigating ways that the United Kingdom Government can help our colleagues in Greece. That includes the possibility of using overseas aid money to assist them, as well…28 Sept 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Resettlement and RelocationWe have fulfilled our Dubs obligation in full: 380 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have been brought to the UK from European countries, in addition to 3,500 who came here…28 Sept 2020