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HANSARDAsylum Claims BacklogAfter 14 years of Conservative chaos, we inherited an asylum system that not only does not work but costs billions of pounds. We are determined to restore order to the asylum…29 Jul 2024HANSARDAsylum Claims BacklogThe Government are aware of the need for a smooth transition between asylum accommodation and other accommodation for those asylum seekers who are granted leave to remain. We…29 Jul 2024HANSARDAsylum Claims BacklogNo, the answer is to speed up the asylum system so that we can get proper results much faster, and swiftly remove those who do not have a right to be here, while ensuring that…29 Jul 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Government SupportNo, the best way to deal with the issue of destitution, in my view, is to decide asylum claims quickly and accurately so that those who are entitled to work can do so and can have…29 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be more than happy to meet the hon. Gentleman.29 Jul 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Government SupportThe last Government lost control of the asylum system, which has meant sky-high asylum accommodation costs but also too many cases in which people have fallen through the net and…29 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe site was purchased by the former Government. I understand the uncertainty that has been caused by this, especially in the local community, and they will want to know the Home…29 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsI am not a Whip, so I am not going to clarify what will happen. I am doing a difficult enough job as it is without trying to become the entire Labour Whips Office. We have to turn…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsI am very happy to give way, but could the right hon. Gentleman hurry up? I’m very close to the end of my speech.23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsI agree with my hon. Friend. The work of the taskforce on child poverty is beginning. All aspects of the mess the Conservatives left us with, including that disgraceful clause,…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsHon. Members would not think that the right hon. Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat) was in the Government that presided over a Parliament in which living standards were lower at…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home Affairsrose —23 Jul 2024HANSARD Disabled People on Benefits: EHRC InvestigationThis is the first time in history that the Equality and Human Rights Commission has decided to investigate whether a Secretary of State has “committed unlawful acts” by…23 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeDoes the Minister understand that as well as a duty of candour, we really need, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) has consistently put…21 May 2024HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillI, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) on bringing this Bill before the House on Report and Third Reading. As we have heard, the Bill seeks to ensure…17 May 2024HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillI rise just to seek some reassurance on the amendments. I am not at all against them in principle—when I read them on the amendment paper, I could understand what the right hon.…17 May 2024HANSARDPensioner PovertyBut 2 million pensioners are in poverty. Labour got far more pensioners out of poverty than the Minister’s Government have, and the number of pensioners in poverty is now rising:…13 May 2024HANSARDPensioner PovertyThank you very much, Mr Speaker. I am sure that the shadow Secretary of State is making a good recovery—she is probably watching us even now, in between her physiotherapy. Is it…13 May 2024HANSARD Buckland Review of Autism EmploymentI am the next in line to congratulate the right hon. and learned Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland) on securing and opening this debate, but also—and particularly—on…25 Apr 2024HANSARDLesbian Visibility WeekLots of years.25 Apr 2024