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HANSARDCovid-19: Support for People in the Asylum SystemWell, it is per week: the rate is £39.60 per week. It is calculated by a methodology that is approved by the courts, and it is done with reference to ONS data, based on the…08 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support for People in the Asylum SystemI have been making an assessment of this matter in recent weeks, and following publication of the most recent Office for National Statistics data, I can announce to the House…08 Jun 2020HANSARDIllegal Channel CrossingsDiscussions are under way between the UK Government and the French Government. Indeed, I am speaking to my opposite number, the French deputy Interior Minister, Monsieur Nunez, on…08 Jun 2020HANSARDIllegal Channel CrossingsI entirely agree with the point my hon. Friend makes, and with the similar points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mrs Elphicke), on this topic. We have a points-based…08 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigrationMy right hon. Friend is correct: people trafficking and people smuggling is a shocking offence that causes untold human misery. Last year, Immigration Enforcement made 259 arrests…08 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigrationMy right hon. Friend is correct that we want to encourage as many people as we can from the UK to take up job opportunities that are available. Our objective, ultimately, is to…08 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigrationI thank my right hon. Friend for that question. He has long experience of matters such as this in the Home Office and elsewhere. On 1 January, for the first time in decades, the…08 Jun 2020HANSARDIllegal Channel CrossingsIt is worth emphasising that where boats get into difficulties in French waters—for example, if their engine breaks down—the French will pick them up and take them back to France.…08 Jun 2020HANSARDIllegal Channel CrossingsI am very glad that this question has arisen. We should be absolutely clear that these crossings of the English channel are extremely dangerous. They are crossing the busiest…08 Jun 2020HANSARD Sentencing (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) BillLet me start by also welcoming the hon. Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) to his place on the Opposition Front Bench. Like him, I am looking forward to many exchanges in…04 Jun 2020HANSARD Sentencing (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) BillThe Bill seeks to pave the way for the consolidation of sentencing procedural law in the forthcoming sentencing code. Currently, when passing sentence, a sentencing judge must…04 Jun 2020HANSARDJustice… It is worth mentioning, in response to my right hon. Friend’s intervention, that amendment 1 adds into the provisions of this Bill sentences of imprisonment for public…04 May 2020HANSARDJustice… It is worth mentioning, in response to my right hon. Friend’s intervention, that amendment 1 adds into the provisions of this Bill sentences of imprisonment for public…04 May 2020HANSARDSentencing Code Volume I: ReportI am today announcing the Government’s final response to the Law Commission’s report on the sentencing code, published on 22 November 2018. The final response can be found at:…28 Apr 2020HANSARDRight to Rent SchemeWe welcome the Court of Appeal ruling that the Right to Rent Scheme is lawful and does not breach human rights law. The Right to Rent Scheme was launched to ensure only those…22 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Screening for UK EntryI thank my hon. Friend for that question, and he raises an extremely good and important point, as always. All aircraft flying into the United Kingdom will have an announcement on…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Screening for UK EntryWe are facing an unprecedented threat from covid-19. In response to that, an enhanced monitoring process was implemented by Public Health England during the containment phase to…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Screening for UK EntryLet me reassure the right hon. Gentleman that, as I said previously, the scientific advice is at the forefront of the Government’s thinking and there is no question at all of…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Screening for UK EntrySignificant resources are being put into protecting the short straits, particularly the crossing in the direction of Dover. When people make that crossing cladestinely, they are…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Screening for UK EntryFirst, may I echo the right hon. Lady’s comments about the fantastic work being done by civil servants and staff of various Executive agencies? As she has said, they are doing an…23 Mar 2020