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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (First sitting)Q There are those—I would like the other witnesses to comment if they wish—who say that the only way of getting any coherence back into our system is to leave the European…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (First sitting)Q I will try to speak louder so that everybody can hear. I must say, I am having trouble hearing some things because of the acoustics in this room, and it is quite full. Perhaps…27 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe did inherit a very uneven distribution—if I could put it that way—of dispersed accommodation, often in poorer areas where, its presence puts more pressure on local communities.…24 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for bringing this matter to my attention. My officials have investigated, and Serco has referred the case to healthcare partners, who are currently in the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to say that asylum costs make up the bulk of Home Office spend classified as ODA spending and that we are committed to reducing them, including by ending…24 Feb 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: HotelsWe have to deal with the chaotic system that we inherited from the Conservatives. We are doing that in various ways. One of the big things that we are trying to do is speed up the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: HotelsWe are determined to end hotel usage as part of our objective to cut the costs of asylum accommodation. A key element of that is clearing the asylum backlog and increasing…24 Feb 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: HotelsWe are continuing to reduce the use of asylum hotels from the peak, which was reached under the previous Government, when more than 400 hotels were in use across the country at a…24 Feb 2025HANSARDManston InquiryIn fulfilment of the commitments made by the former Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Fareham and Waterlooville (Suella Braverman), I am today announcing the establishment…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI just want to point out that, contrary to some of the reporting when the Bill was published, the vast majority of the clauses in the Illegal Migration Act that prevented children…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillTo reassure my hon. Friend, these items certainly will not include children’s toys, and nor will we be doing anything to introduce widespread powers that just apply to everybody.…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am too busy cleaning up the right hon. Gentleman’s mess to consider my position. While we have been drafting the Bill, we have been busy in other places. As we know, there are…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThere was one iota of reality and truth in the middle of that farrago of rubbish that we have just heard from the Conservative party, and I will quote it because I pricked up my…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe Border Security Command co-ordinates and leads across Government; the right hon. Gentleman will want to serve on the Committee so that we can discuss this in detail. […10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWe are not doing line-by-line; those on the Opposition Front Bench need to know that that happens in Committee. I have just invited the right hon. Gentleman to sit on the…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillYes, it is certainly true that we promise to get more than four volunteers out of the country. The Bill is not about posturing or pretending that there are easy answers to complex…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillNo. If they were so convinced that the Rwanda scheme was going to work, why did they hold a general election a week before the first plane was due to take off? This crucial Bill…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: ReopeningIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. Having sat in the Westminster Hall Chair many a time, I can report that in this Parliament it seems to be much warmer…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: ReopeningIt is a pleasure to respond to this debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Windsor (Jack Rankin) on securing it and thank all Members who have contributed. I remind hon.…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: ReopeningWe do not want to get into that situation, because we want to go down rather than up, but I would want notice of significant changes to be “as much as possible” because,…21 Jan 2025