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HANSARDTackling SpikingI welcome today’s statement and pay tribute to all those who have campaigned for changes in spiking law. But it is almost 20 months since the Home Affairs Committee produced our…18 Dec 2023HANSARDHome Affairs CommitteeLet me start by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for granting this time for a debate on the report from the Home Affairs Select Committee on human trafficking, the first…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. The Prime Minister announced the electrification of the rail line to Hull in October at the Conservative party conference, so will the Minister tell me what the start date for…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.14 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseYes, it is directly related to one of the comments that the Leader of the House made. On Report of the Victims and Prisoners Bill, the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, the…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHome Affairs CommitteeI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s question. All the Committee’s members were shocked when we took evidence about these adult services websites—pimping websites—which are…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHome Affairs CommitteeI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman, who is an excellent deputy Chair of the Home Affairs Committee. His contributions are always very valuable. On children, I absolutely agree…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHome Affairs CommitteeWell, I smile quite a lot actually, but perhaps not as much as I would like to at the Home Affairs Committee. I thought we gave the two new Ministers a warm welcome yesterday; at…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHome Affairs Committeerose—14 Dec 2023HANSARDHome Affairs CommitteeI thank my hon. Friend for that question; that was an issue that concerned the Committee greatly. We felt that this area was being viewed through the prism of immigration law,…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHome Affairs CommitteeI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend on the Front Bench about annual reports. We have not had one for two years. There is something clearly wrong in the Home Office when it…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHome Affairs CommitteeI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman, who is an excellent member of the Committee. I know that we all found the session when we heard from Vivastreet to be a distressing one. He is…14 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMay I start by expressing my condolences following the news of the death of an asylum seeker on the Bibby Stockholm barge this morning? It is now almost one year since the Prime…12 Dec 2023HANSARDFormer Afghan Special Forces: DeportationEarlier this year, the Minister said that the backlog for ARAP would be cleared by August, and earlier he said that he was getting to the bottom of the pile. Exactly how many…11 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipWhen the permanent secretary came before the Home Affairs Select Committee last week, he was unable to tell us how much is being spent on the Rwanda deal because Ministers have…06 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough: Bishop James Jones ReportOn the duty of candour set out in the “Code of Practice for Ethical Policing”, which has been published today, why is the duty to “ensure openness and candour” only on chief…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillI rise to speak to new clause 27 and amendments 142 to 144. There will be women and men, children and families, in every constituency whose lives have been forever touched by the…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationAs the Home Secretary will appreciate, the Home Affairs Committee is keen to scrutinise the policies of the Home Office. At our meeting last week, that proved difficult because we…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. It is important this evening that we show the Government that the will of this Parliament, across the parties, is that that body…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillIs my hon. Friend as surprised as I am that the Government are saying it is not possible to set up the compensation scheme and make payments at this time, because we do not have…04 Dec 2023