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HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Asylum SeekersWe are, of course, studying the report very carefully. As the House would expect, we do monitor carefully the way the contractors operate. Where concerns are raised, as they have…13 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Asylum SeekersThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that 341 people were moved at the end of March from temporary serviced apartments into hotel accommodation, because those apartments were…13 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Asylum SeekersWe remain committed to providing support and accommodation to those who need it, but, in addition to that free accommodation, we also pay for utility bills and council tax. Free…13 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Asylum SeekersNational Government provide a huge amount of support and finance to help asylum-seeking populations. We pay for all the accommodation. We pay for the council tax, which of course…13 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Competition Appeal Tribunal (Coronavirus) (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Competition Appeal Tribunal (Coronavirus) (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020. It is a pleasure to serve under your…13 Jul 2020HANSARD Draft Port Examination Codes of Practice and National Security Determinations Guidance Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Port Examination Codes of Practice and National Security Determinations Guidance Regulations 2020. As always, it is a…08 Jul 2020HANSARD Draft Port Examination Codes of Practice and National Security Determinations Guidance Regulations 2020Let me briefly reply to some of the points that the shadow Minister made. I echo his comments about what a pleasure it is to appear opposite each other once again—this is becoming…08 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. and learned Lady for her constructive tone. Before she gets into the detail, will she tell us whether the Government in Holyrood will grant a legislative consent…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 44 amends the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 by adding a breach of TPIM notice and a breach of a temporary exclusion order to the list of terrorism offences that attract…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Amendment 61 seeks to introduce a higher standard of proof—the balance of probabilities—if a TPIM is to be extended beyond two years. We debated at some length the relative merits…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)On the point about potential perpetuity TPIMs, once again I assure the Committee that history from the old control order regime teaches us that the number of TPIMs enduring beyond…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)I will be brief, because we have discussed at some length the question of extensions and an exit strategy. I echo the comments about section 10 of the 2011 Act. As the shadow…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 39 inserts an additional ground for variation into section 12 of the old TPIM Act that I have been quoting from. By virtue of that, it will be possible for the Secretary of…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 46 requires the Secretary of State to review the operation of the changes to the Serious Crime Act 2007 made by clause 45, and to publish a report on the outcome. Question…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)It is worth reminding the Committee that the purpose of using polygraphs in this context, rather like the monitoring of licence conditions that we discussed earlier in our…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 42 adds a new drug testing measure to schedule 1 of the TPIM Act 2011. A TPIM subject will be required to submit to drug testing by way of providing a relevant sample.…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 43 amends an existing measure and inserts a new measure into schedule 1 of the TPIM Act 2011 to allow the Secretary of State to require the TPIM subject to provide…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 45 introduces schedule 12, which amends the Serious Crime Act 2007 to allow the police to make a direct application to the High Court for a serious crime prevention order…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)We now come to a series of relatively technical parts of the Bill and various technical Government amendments. I will go over these as quickly as I decently and reasonably can.…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 10, in schedule 13, page 102, line 22, at end insert— “Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) 6A In section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (early release…07 Jul 2020