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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Gentleman is challenging the Government to pass legislation that requires the arrivals to produce documents. The last Labour Government tried that with the Asylum and…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillYes.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIt is genuinely a pleasure to follow the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry). I will try to avoid too much mince in my own speech, but to continue in…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIt is certainly true that the promise inherent in the refugee convention—an offer to the world at large, conceived in an era before easyJet, before people going on holiday to any…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am just going to make a tiny bit of progress, because I have not really started and there is not much time. I want to respond to amendments 131 and 132, which would do slightly…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI take the hon. and learned Lady’s point. We are obviously adhering to that, but as a rule of the Court. Moving on, I was glad to read recently, whether in a press release or in a…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will in a moment; I am going to make my points. On the first element of amendment 132, which seeks to exclude the operation of the Human Rights Act, the only realistic basis for…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am sorry; I will come to my hon. Friend in a moment. My right hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland and my hon. Friends the Members for Devizes and…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will give way.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, which brings me to my final argument. Wrenching change from either the applicability of the Human Rights Act or the jurisdiction of…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOn the Government side of the House, I am probably the Member who has most recently been in the immigration tribunals, so I have an idea, but it is not my principal practice area.…27 Mar 2023HANSARDWorkers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) BillI rise in support of the Bill, which injects important clarity about zero-hours contracts. My hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool South (Scott Benton) is correct to say that…24 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI have not finished. Finally, is the Budget a good way of meeting the long-term challenges? Obviously, it is good for growth and not just for meeting short-term labour market…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Casey ReviewBaroness Casey said that the Sarah Everard case should have been responded to with the seriousness with which “a plane falling out of the sky” would be responded to in the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationBecause of the restrictions on time, I will confine my comments to childcare. The main thing I want to say is thank you to the Chancellor for listening to the concerns that…21 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillOne point that is getting into a little bit of a muddle is that any unwanted touching is already assault. We are talking about a different offence. The harassment provisions under…22 Feb 2023HANSARDAutism and ADHD AssessmentsI thank the Petitions Committee for agreeing to the debate. This is a bittersweet moment for me: I brought a debate on this issue to this Chamber exactly one year ago. You were in…06 Feb 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe hon. and learned Lady is right that negotiation is required. I was shocked to find that, in France, the sanction for a person who refuses a requisitioning request is via the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Middlesbrough (Andy McDonald). I will pick up where he left off. The right to strike is neither absolute nor unlimited. He was…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI will make a bit of progress, because I am conscious of time. Let me just deal briefly with the issue of sanction, because it has come up. The hon. Member for Middlesbrough will…30 Jan 2023