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HANSARDCoastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden DeprivationI thank the hon. Member for Isle of Wight West (Richard Quigley) for throwing the spotlight on the challenges that many of our communities face. More than 20% of Bexhill’s…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillNo. I would challenge any MP — [Interruption.] Not yet, not yet. No matter how supportive of this legislation, with far-reaching—[Hon. Members: “Give way!”] No, I will finish this…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillLet me begin, as I have throughout the passage of this Bill, by placing at the forefront my admiration for the campaigners—the families and friends of the 97 who lost their lives…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI would challenge any MP, no matter how supportive of this legislation—which has such far-reaching consequences for the operation of the Government—to say that its progress,…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillIf the Prime Minister wanted to truly live up to that promise, he would not have introduced legislation with less than 24 hours’ notice on an issue of national security. As the…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI thank the right hon. Lady for raising that point. It was on that basis that I sought sincerely to engage properly with the Bill, and the Ministers and officials who met me…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillA Government who have, inadvertently, repeatedly misled us on this Bill now want us to take them on trust. I heard personally and directly from Ministers and officials repeatedly…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillIf the Government were so concerned about this Bill passing, they should have organised it. We have just listened to a raft of amendments to the Bill being nodded through in this…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillAs I have said, this could have been a Bill that we supported without reservation, but I am afraid that we maintain reservations about it, entirely as a result of its…14 Jul 2026HANSARDCoastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden DeprivationThat is fantastic rhetoric, but the reality of the funding formula is that it does exactly that—it creates hierarchies, inefficiencies and unfairness in the funding. Given that so…14 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationLet us say that in a year from now, all this stuff has not worked and the Home Secretary has committed to doing whatever it takes. Does “whatever it takes” include withdrawing…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationDoes the Minister really think that Canada or Australia do not get to deport people? Those countries are not in the ECHR, but they have deportation agreements with third…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationBut we do not deport all rapists and paedophiles, because some of them make successful ECHR claims and get to stay in the country. Again, unless the Government are willing to…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to begin by thanking Madam Deputy Speaker, my hon. Friend the Member for Sussex Weald (Ms Ghani), for securing a meeting with the Minister, local MPs, councillors and…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank Members for their contributions and the more than 700,000 people who signed the petition, including more than…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationI do not know whether hon. Members know this, but just for the record, we took more people than we sent back under the Dublin agreement. It did not act as any deterrent, because a…13 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersMr Speaker could not have been clearer about the reasonable expectations of Members of this House in relation to the early release of serious sexual offenders and others into…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersThe only comfort I can give is that there are some exclusions to the early release scheme. If someone is on a life sentence as a minimum term, or on an extended determinate…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersAs I said, we inherited the existing system of automatic release. During our time in office, we sought to raise the time served before automatic release to two thirds for some of…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersWe will be in a bizarre situation: the House will come together and express an unopposed view on what we should do about this issue, but before we have even done that, the…07 Jul 2026