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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWill the right hon. Member give way?12 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseLast week, I visited Papa’s fish and chip restaurant in Worksop, where I met the owner, Nick. He told me about his reconnect campaign, which encourages people to come off their…24 Apr 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels and Illegal Channel CrossingsThe shadow Home Secretary can complain all he wants, but while he was in the Home Office, 75,000 people crossed the channel, with thousands housed in hundreds of hotels across the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am really trying to get my head around the new clause. Why would decision making in public be different from decision making in private?18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. We should never be surprised by the audacity of the Conservative party, which now exists in a state of amnesia…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham and Rainham and I welcome the new clause. British citizens…13 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThat is what good, strong trade union partnership is about: ensuring that a worker has the interventions that they need in order to be able to work. I will be supporting the…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI refer Members to my declaration of interests, which clearly states my positive relationship with the trade union movement. I am a member of Community and the GMB, and that is…12 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)I welcome the opportunity to examine the failed Rwanda scheme. The Israeli scheme, which was set up more than a decade ago, provides stark evidence that the previous Government…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI welcome the introduction of a new offence of assaulting a shop worker. I have been in shops in Worksop where I have seen shop workers who are absolutely fearful of what will…10 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I want to reinforce the points made by my hon. Friends the Members for Dagenham and Rainham and for Clwyd East…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Sixth sitting)I very much welcome this element of the Bill on electronic devices. While clause 22 will give officers powers to seize digital devices that are believed to be used for the purpose…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Does the hon. Member hold the view that an asylum seeker cannot be above the law when it comes to participating in smuggling gangs?04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q From the moment the Rwanda deal was signed until the moment it was scrapped, 84,000 people arrived here on boats. How can you define that as a deterrent? Alp Mehmet : Tony, you…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (First sitting)Q I will be quick. Thank you for the work that you do. My biggest concern is those children who come into the UK who we do not even know are coming in, because it is hidden. They…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q Just over a week ago, the Government announced that there will be no automatic right to British citizenship for a person who comes here illegally by boat or lorry. Do you think…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (First sitting)Q How might the new offences impact individuals and organisations such as charities or non-governmental organisations that provide support to migrants? For example, if a…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Ministers, for your evidence. In his evidence, Tony Smith, who retired 12 years ago, was very critical of the role of the Border Security Commander and defined him as…27 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street Rental AuctionsI thank my hon. Friend so much for his intervention. Like him, I can identify properties on my high streets that do exactly that—they have furniture and equipment inside, but…26 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street Rental AuctionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Jessica Toale) for securing this welcome debate. Our high…26 Feb 2025