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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Sixth sitting)That is very helpful, but I just want to check that I fully understand what the Minister is saying. The power already exists, but it is about locational flexibility—is that right?06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)As hon. Members will have read, clause 13 creates a new offence of “Supplying articles for use in immigration crime”. The offence has two limbs. First, that the person supplies or…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Nothing whatever. There are lots of parts of the Home Office where the principle is accepted, that sometimes, particularly for difficult things and things that the Department has…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I am a little confused by some of the contributions from Labour Members. They seem to be advocating for the commander to be a civil servant, and that is fine, but that is not…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I thank the Minister for that response, which is reassuring, but it does not quite address the concern. These issues are very difficult, and I presume the Minister accepts that it…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)We on the Opposition Benches struggle to understand why the law must set out that the Border Security Commander must be a civil servant. The Minister said that amendment 10…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 17 sets out that the offences of supplying articles for use in immigration crime, handling articles for use in immigration crime and collecting information for use in…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 16, as the Minister has just set out, creates a new offence of collecting information for use in immigration crime. A person commits such an offence if a person: “collects…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Weald of Kent.04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Presumably, though, it seems reasonable to think that there could be a third category, which is people who charge fees that are not exorbitant.04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)The new clause clearly does not do that. The two points that the Minister just mentioned are part of a broader sentence that states that the Border Security Commander “must have…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)The Minister perhaps slightly mischaracterises new clause 21. It states that the Border Security Commander should “have regard to”, not manage, the wider aims of the Home Office…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Presumably, it would always remain an objective to bring an end to illegal migration, as far as is practical?04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q We have heard today about clauses 13(3) and 14(4) exempting NGOs from criminal charges for helping asylum seekers to cross the channel. What do you think of those? Karl…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q Perhaps on a related note, you have talked about incentives and mentioned a couple of reasons why people do not come over from France. What is your sense of why people do? Can…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q So make it harder to work illegally or outside the rules? Professor Brian Bell: Yes.27 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Murrison. I thank the Minister for their remarks on a topic about which there should be little disagreement. We must give the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDCounter-terrorismIn fighting terrorism, the Security Minister has rightly said that Islamism is the foremost threat we face. Its danger lies not just in physical violence, but in the intolerance…24 Feb 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainAs we have heard, according to the Centre for Policy Studies, over 800,000 migrants from the past five years could soon claim indefinite leave to remain. In NHS care, benefits,…24 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. We know that the Attorney General has recused himself from advising the Government, but he will not tell us what for, and he still refuses to be transparent about potential…28 Jan 2025