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HANSARD Orgreave InquiryWe gave careful consideration to the role played by the Hillsborough independent inquiry, because we think it would be very useful for the chair of this inquiry to look at the…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question; I know that he has a great deal of experience and knowledge in this area. As I said in my statement, the terms of reference are…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryThat is an important point. This is not the first time a Minister has had to stand here and agree to an inquiry into events that happened a long time ago. The hon. Gentleman and I…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement regarding this Government’s commitment to establishing the truth about events at Orgreave in 1984. The clashes at…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI am sure that the bishop will listen carefully to the comments that Members have made. I know that some people would feel very comfortable talking about what happened, explaining…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI am very happy to discuss this matter with my hon. Friend. I think it worth pointing out that police forces are independent of Government and that decisions concerning the…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI can absolutely confirm that this is a statutory inquiry, with all the legal powers that a statutory inquiry has to compel the provision of documents and of evidence from…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments. It is clear that once the inquiry has been established we must let it do its work and make its recommendations, and we will then…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for what he has said. To put things in context, the Home Secretary and I have met a range of key stakeholders already to hear their respective…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI bitterly regret the fact that it has taken so long for the inquiry to be established. As I have said, there were a number of other causes, but we should have been looking at…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryFirst, I will deal with this issue around documents. The Home Secretary recently wrote to all police forces in England and Wales and all Government Departments to remind them of…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI agree with the right hon. Gentleman about paying tribute to the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign. I had the privilege to meet some of the members of that campaign, and I…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryMy hon. Friend speaks with great knowledge about how Orgreave has affected her community so many years on. She makes the important point that there is a political context to this…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI was going to start by saying that I welcomed the shadow Minister’s initial comments, in which he recognised how the situation at Orgreave all those years ago still casts a…22 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityLet me repeat to the House that any allegation of crime or sexual assault—including by individuals in the asylum system—is incredibly serious and is to be treated so by the…21 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityThere was no proper management of public safety risks posed by individual asylum seekers. [ Interruption. ]21 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityAs the House will be aware, on Tuesday 8 July an arrest was made by Essex police following incidents that took place in Epping earlier that day, and a man was subsequently…21 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityExcuse, excuse, excuse. I would say that the same pattern is true of illegal working—but actually it is even worse. In the first quarter of this year, we delivered more raids,…21 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityThere was no proper management of public safety risks posed by individual asylum seekers, and migrants could work illegally in the gig economy with few sanctions for the companies…21 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityClearly that is a live matter before the courts, but I want people to be held to account for their actions. If that involves extradition, that is the right thing to do.21 Jul 2025