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HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaYes, I do. Given the provisions of the law that have been in place for the past 13 years, many will expect that when someone is convicted of a type of offence that many of those…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaNormally, the definition of a serious offence would be one that has attracted a sentence of 12 months in prison. On persistence, the nature of the offences would be considered.…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaAgain, I am clear that we have checked that there is no one on the flight who would be eligible for British citizenship or nationality. We would not be able to deport them if they…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaClearly, those with British citizenship would not be liable for deportation, but my hon. Friend is absolutely right. We should not define the Windrush generation by a group of…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaYes, we do want to make sure that we prevent further harm—further harm to future victims of crime that may be committed by the persistent or serious offenders who are on this…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaIt would not be right for me to go into the details of the offences that individuals have committed, yet I can say that those on board include people who have been convicted of…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaAny claims made for the protection routes will have been assessed, but, again, we are talking about a planeful of people who have been sentenced to a total of 300 years in prison…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaYes, I have been through the manifest, but it would not be appropriate for me to discuss individual cases on the Floor of the House. Let me be clear: the decisions on all these…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaWell, I do listen to some of the comments from those on the Opposition Benches. It would be on our head if we stopped the flight because we would not be complying with our legal…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaI could not have put it better myself. The Windrush generation has made a huge contribution to this country, and it is absolutely unbelievable that some on the Opposition Benches…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaNo, it is a law that looks at the criminality, not the nationality, of the offender. It is safe to say that possession would not meet the threshold for deportation set in 2007,…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaOne of the exemptions under the Act to having to make a deportation order is where the offender was under 18 when they were convicted, but there is no one under 18 on the flight…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaThe offences all meet the threshold for deportation set under the 2007 Act by the Government the right hon. Lady was a member of. Their cases, including whether there are ECHR…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaYes, these are all serious or persistent offenders. The offences committed by those on board include rape of minors, rape of adults and serious drugs offences. That is why we are…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaAnyone entering immigration detention is assessed as part of our adults at risk policy where there is a concern, but let me be clear: these are people who have been through the…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaMy hon. Friend raises an interesting point. As he said, we are under a legal duty to make the deportation order based on the criminality, not the nationality. Potentially, we…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaWe have considered whether any of the people involved would benefit from protections under the Windrush scheme. The answer is no, none of them is a British citizen or British…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaNo.10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaIt does have to be said that the majority of deportations are to the EEA, and, as I touched on in my initial answer, we deport criminals who meet the thresholds regularly every…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaWhen Parliament passed the UK Borders Act 2007, under the proposals of the then Government it would have considered whether it is appropriate to apply deportation orders to those…10 Feb 2020