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HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesI will carry on; I want to make some progress. Cycle lanes and footpaths running through residential areas of Stockton West have become a crime speedway, used by those dealing…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesI would like to thank you, Dr Murrison, for chairing today’s debate. I would also like to congratulate the hon. Member for Tipton and Wednesbury (Antonia Bance) on securing this…05 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship on your first outing, Mr Stuart. Clause 5(3) requires those who are co-operating with the commander in the exercise of their…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)At some point, Martin Hewitt will be superseded. We want to make sure that whoever is in this role is in the best possible position to do the best possible job. I do not think…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Clause 3 sets out the functions of the Border Security Commander. The shadow Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp), correctly pointed out on Second…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 6 states: “The Commander must establish and maintain a board to assist the Commander in the exercise of the Commander’s functions.” It is all quite open-ended: the chair…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 10 makes it clear that this chapter does not apply to the naval, military or air forces of the Crown. Clause 11 is an amendment to the Data Protection Act 2018 to allow the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I have not come across Chief Commissioner Miekelson before, but I will endeavour to catch up on Netflix or iPlayer.04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)We want to see how effective the offences will be. The Government have set that out in part, but not for the new offence of endangering lives at sea, which has great consequence.…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. The subject of this Bill is incredibly important to this country and its future. I hope that, during the next two…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 10, in clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out “designate a civil servant as the” and insert “appoint a”. This amendment would remove the requirement for the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)If we are to have such a position, we want it to be effective and have the relevant powers, but we also want it to be aligned with the other priorities of the Home Office and the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)When we talk about the Border Security Commander role, if we think it is going to “smash the gangs”, sort out all these problems and play a huge part in creating a secure border…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Clause 4 would give the Border Security Commander a duty to prepare annual reports, which must state how the commander has carried out their functions in that financial year and…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)We will discuss when we come to the next group of amendments the aims and objectives of this role, and the fact that if we are going to have a Border Security Commander, they…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I think, in the last week, we have found that the only thing that this Government are relying on is the weather, but I will carry on. I am sure we will come back to all these…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 8 allows for an interim Border Security Commander to be designated. I would be grateful if the Minister could confirm that this is essentially a stopgap either because a…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 7 makes provision about the delegation of the commander’s functions. Subsection (1) provides that “The functions conferred on the Commander by this Chapter may be exercised…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 1 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 2 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 3…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I could not, but I could tell the hon. Lady that the backlog is even bigger now than it was when this Government took office. If the Government were serious about tackling illegal…04 Mar 2025