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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)The provisions in clause 16 create an additional tool to act earlier to disrupt criminal gangs smuggling people into the UK. The new offence targets specified preparatory…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Not for the first time today, I agree with my hon. Friend. When the time comes, we will be voting against this new clause.04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I think, Dr Murrison, you would probably not be very pleased with me if I started to talk about existential challenges at the heart of Conservative thinking, much as I would like…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)We have had an interesting debate, and Members have come at this complex problem from different angles. The hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire would give everyone who gets on…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)I set out in some detail in my reply on the previous clause some of the things that the commander is involved with, including some of the meetings he is involved in convening and…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)But how on earth could asking the Border Security Commander to have regard to those things lead him or her to deal with border security? The new clause would take away the focus…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Member asked why the Border Security Commander should be processing data collected from electronic devices. He will know that later in the Bill, there are some new powers…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)I take my hon. Friend’s point. This clause is very much about being able to capture preparatory work for any effort to evade our immigration laws and bring people over in small…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Clauses 3 and 9, taken together, outline the functions of the Border Security Commander and the directions given to the commander by the Secretary of State. Clause 3 ensures that…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)The Prime Minister made it clear right at the beginning of his time in office that the Government will be bound by the international obligations that we have signed up to. I hope…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)As I said earlier, the Border Security Commander and the Border Security Command will work within the confines of international obligations and human rights law.04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)1971.04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. It will be the first occasion of many, I am sure. I hope you enjoy chairing Bill Committees as much as I enjoyed…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I made it clear in my response to the hon. Member for Stockton West that the recruitment could be done externally. Were somebody to be appointed who was not a civil servant when…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 6 places a duty on the Border Security Commander to establish and maintain a board to assist with the exercise of their functions. That unique forum enables senior…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 8 ensures that the functions of the Border Security Commander can continue to be exercised in the event that the post of commander is vacant for a period, or if the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend is exactly right. Under section 6 of the Human Rights Act, all office holders implicitly have to follow the rules of the European convention on human rights. One…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Amendment 2, tabled by the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire, would require the Border Security Commander to clearly outline how they have paid due regard to the Human…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 7 ensures that the functions of the Border Security Commander can be delegated to an authorised civil servant when required. Flexibility in the exercise of these functions…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 8 is clearly there in the event of the commander being incapacitated or ill and unable to do the job for a while. It is not unusual that people have life experiences that…04 Mar 2025