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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)I would say that the big issue around deterrence is how many of those who arrive in small boats are removed. Despite the fact that the number of those arriving illegally is up…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)In terms of the political arguments, what people out there want to see is the number of people arriving illegally in this country going down. They are not seeing that; it is up…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)The principle at stake is that if someone arrives in this country illegally, they will be removed. We were not processing people who had arrived illegally and were meant to be…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)I have asked this question a few times and never quite got to the bottom of it. We were sending people to Rwanda who could not be returned to their home country because it was not…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)Is there any reason we cannot introduce provisions in this area as part of the Bill, and when can we expect to see them?11 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillWhat the shadow Home Secretary was doing in office was putting more police on the country’s streets than ever before—149,679 police officers. We hope the Government will maintain…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI take this opportunity to thank our brave, hard-working police officers, PCSOs, police staff and volunteers for the huge sacrifices they make to keep our streets safe. I thank…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillGo for it.10 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank Members for their considered contributions. Effective international partnerships can be useful, but I would not want to deny anyone the right to scrutinise a partner on…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Sixth sitting)We support clauses 19 to 26, but only in so far as they endorse powers that we think already exist to seize, extract and retain data from mobile devices. Clause 19 provides…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 21 gives authorised officers the power to seize any electronic device that has been found in a search under clause 20, or is not found on a search but appears to the…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 23 gives authorised officers the power to access, copy and use information stored on relevant articles that have been retained under powers detailed in clause 21, and…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)Yes—it is the case that more people are coming on fewer boats. Equally, however, there is also a rise in the number of boats that are coming across. I think that both those things…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)I repeat exactly what I said: the previous Government were right to toughen up those sentences and make those who are guilty of some of the worst offences stay longer in prison.…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 24 amends the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 so that provisions relating to the protection of legally privileged material and excluded and special material apply when…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. Clause 18 creates a new offence of endangering others’ lives during a sea crossing from France, Belgium or the…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 17, in clause 18, page 11, leave out lines 24 to 26 and insert— “(c) the vessel in which the person travelled could not reasonably have been thought to be…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 22 gives authorised officers the duty to pass on seized items that have been found in a search under clause 21 where there is a reasonable belief that the article or…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)As I said in my opening remarks, that has to be a deterrent. This is a damp squib Bill. If people come to this country illegally—if they break in—there should be real…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesThat will teach me to take an intervention. I think, actually, one of the big problems is that off-road bike incidents are not recorded in a way that allows us to properly measure…05 Mar 2025