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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)The issue is that we inherited a ruinous backlog from the Labour Government, and we have gone through a multitude of challenges recently—covid, for example, which brought the very…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)My right hon. Friend makes a really good point. I go back to His Excellency the High Commissioner for Australia, who made it clear that Australia would not have been able to take…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)The problem is that we are not the only country looking for safe and legal routes from places such as Afghanistan. The world is struggling to come to a solution, and it is a world…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Lady has just promoted me to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office or the Home Office. I would be delighted if the Minister were looking for someone to join…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)I disagree. The clause will not force people to use criminal gangs. It is one strand of a wider idea of deterring people from using dangerous routes, including pushbacks,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that intervention. What I heard is that 5,000 people made illegal entry into this country, putting money into the hands of people smugglers,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Strategy: Climate ChangeT5. One of the UK’s greatest exports is Stoke-on-Trent’s world-leading ceramics, which I am sure my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has heard much about from her newly…21 Oct 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsI find the irony of this urgent question being called by those on the Labour Front Bench somewhat mystifying, because they went missing throughout the pandemic, and there was…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But he would not have that concern if he came to this country through a safe and legal route. If you enter this country illegally—via the English channel with other illegal…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)We know—23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q We have heard about safe routes to safety. I am interested in knowing why the European Union is not a safe destination. Mariam Kemple-Hardy: I heard the UNHCR give comprehensive…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Would you not agree, then, with His Excellency George Brandis, the Australian high commissioner, that one of the solutions is to disrupt and deter people from making that…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)In the constituency I serve, the residents are livid with the situation in the English Channel. We are more than happy to do our fair share on a global perspective—we have seen…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I will keep it brief. Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke residents, in the overwhelming majority— Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor: Sorry?23 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsStoke-on-Trent has so far received £29 million from the transforming cities fund and 550 jobs from the Home Office, and Kidsgrove has received a £17.6 million town deal. After 70…22 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)Q I have one short question. If these people in Calais are legitimate refugees, why are they not claiming asylum in France, Italy, Spain or Greece? Why do they need to come to the…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNet Zero Emissions by 2050My right hon. Friend will be aware that ceramics is an energy-intensive industry, and companies such as Churchill China and Steelite are desperate to find a green solution that…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Ms McDonagh. I am a bit perplexed. On the one hand, I am hearing that the system is broken; on the other, I am hearing that ultimately this is not going to be good…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)There will be. Illegal economic migrants put thousands of pounds into the hands of people smugglers. Does that not show that these people are not genuine refugees or asylum…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)Q Which is why the idea in clause 11 or clause 10 that in our United Kingdom we are going to potentially process people offshore, as with Denmark, is a positive and will help…21 Sept 2021