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HANSARDIllegal Migration Billrose—28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillRule 39 interim measures were not part of the European convention on human rights when we signed it in 1950. While we have obligations under the convention, they should never…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWill the hon. Lady give way?28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend will understand that I am a signatory of amendment 131, which is obviously intended to make it very clear that our concern is about rule 39 interim measure orders.…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) was talking about safeguarding. Does my hon. Friend, who is a local authority leader, agree that we all have a duty to safeguard…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will happily take an intervention at the end of my speech, as I promise to keep within the 10-minute limit that you have asked of me, Dame Rosie. Amendment 135 is about the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI rise to speak to the amendments in my name: amendment 135, which intends to block courts from ordering individuals to be returned to the UK once removed; and amendment 136,…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI do not remember seeing the hon. Lady on the streets of the west midlands, campaigning to vote leave in the 2016 referendum, so I feel confident that my comments about her being…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend is doing an excellent job of standing up for the people of Stoke-on-Trent and north Staffordshire. He has proudly put his signature to the amendment tabled by my…27 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. I applaud the announcement today by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State on cracking down on the tiny minority of scumbags and scrotes who fly-tip, deal drugs and…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Fund BidsStoke-on-Trent was delighted to receive a UK-leading £56 million from the levelling-up fund, righting the wrongs of 70 years of Labour neglect and failure, when instead it has…27 Mar 2023HANSARDVeterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberconwy (Robin Millar) on bringing the Bill to its final stage in this House before it proceeds to the other place. I am proud to…24 Mar 2023HANSARDVeterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillIt is absolutely wonderful to see. My hon. Friend is a fine champion for veterans and our armed forces. When it comes to parades, I—like other Members—am always astonished by the…24 Mar 2023HANSARDVeterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillI could not agree more. Let me say first that I would love to go to the Mulberry pub and have a drink with my hon. Friend. I am a teetotaller, so I will be quite dull—I may just…24 Mar 2023HANSARD Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) BillWith the leave of the House, I wish quickly to place a few thank-yous on the record. First, let me thank the fantastic civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions, many…24 Mar 2023HANSARD Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) BillThe Bill before us today provides the legislative powers to implement the 2017 automatic enrolment review recommendations to extend automatic enrolment to young adults aged 18 to…24 Mar 2023HANSARDPensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No.2) BillThank you, Sir Christopher. I can give way to the hon. Lady—15 Mar 2023HANSARDPensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No.2) BillThank you for educating me on Committee procedure, Sir Christopher. I clearly need to read up a lot more in “Erskine May”. I look forward to learning it at a later date. I put…15 Mar 2023HANSARDPensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No.2) BillMay I put on record my thanks to you, Sir Christopher, and to everyone who has contributed to this short, constructive debate? I thank all Members who agreed to serve on the…15 Mar 2023HANSARDPensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No.2) BillI look forward to doing a podcast with the hon. Gentleman very soon to discuss all the great work that he does in the House as a SNP Member. The Bill makes certain that people in…15 Mar 2023