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HANSARDAsylum Seeker Accommodation: RAF ManstonI have listened carefully to what the Minister has had to say, and I thank the right hon. Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale) for having secured this important urgent…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThank you, Mr Speaker. It is a genuine pleasure to follow the powerful contribution from the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). I will…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillAs the Minister will recall, we pushed for that time and again in Committee. The Bill makes no distinction between adults and children who are victims of trafficking and slavery.…08 Dec 2021HANSARDModern Slavery OffencesI have heard what the Minister has said, and we can all agree that perpetrators of modern slavery are committing heinous crimes and must be brought to justice. With that in mind,…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Stop and Search: West MidlandsI certainly will, Ms Rees. If the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield thinks that those decisions are not based on the cuts imposed on police and crime commissioners and…17 Nov 2021HANSARD Stop and Search: West MidlandsIt is a pleasure as always to serve under you as Chair this afternoon, Ms Rees. It is also a pleasure to follow what I thought was a brilliant speech from my hon. Friend the…17 Nov 2021HANSARD Stop and Search: West MidlandsIt is an interesting question. One size does not fit all when it comes to tackling knife crime, as the dynamics of it are different in different areas. It might be the approach to…17 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Before I start, I draw hon. Members’ attention to the Red Box article written by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, and published in The Times today.…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Will the Minister give way?04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I think I followed what the Minister said and that he heard my concerns about some of the gaps in the provision. I will look to that statutory guidance for further detail. I will…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. In the same spirit as new clauses 43 and 44, new clause 51 sets out the duty for local authorities to make arrangements for…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. I intended to speak in full in favour of new clause 46, but I will just make an intervention. On that 71% figure, he will be aware that…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I live in hope that anyone who can run a marathon for Justice and Care would understand the value of the independent child trafficking guardians and the victim navigators, and…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful. I do not dispute that the provision already exists in legislation for independent child trafficking guardians; my dispute is that, as we have heard, they are not…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)My hon. Friend is making excellent points. The Minister says there have been changes at Napier barracks since the High Court judgment, but those changes happened because of the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. Clause 54 amends the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to enable advice on referral into the NRM to…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 185, in clause 48, page 43, line 3, leave out from “determination” to end of subsection (4) and insert “determinations mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d)…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Thank you for that advice, Sir Roger. Like a number of our other amendments, amendment 164 seeks to ensure that no child victim of trafficking or modern slavery is denied…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I have heard some of the Minister’s attempts at reassurance. I have real concerns about some of the changes to the reasonable grounds decision. We heard in earlier discussions on…02 Nov 2021