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HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationI respect the intervention. I did say that I apologised for having to raise this again, but it is a fact that we inherited a completely broken system. It does take time to fix a…13 Jul 2026HANSARDSeasonal Worker VisasI thank my hon. Friend for his important question. I will ensure that we work closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—we already do—in engaging with…13 Jul 2026HANSARDBritish National Overseas VisaWe have consulted widely on earned settlement. We are considering the responses, and will bring forward reforms at the earliest opportunity. In the meantime, those on the BNO…13 Jul 2026HANSARDBritish National Overseas VisaI thank the hon. Lady for her important point. It is essential that we keep those who are here safe. The Minister for Security is keeping this matter under review, and will write…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationWe must remember that the ECHR, which I will say more about later in my speech, underpins many of the exact returns agreements that we rely upon to deport and remove people.13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationIt is an absolute fact that many of our returns agreements are underpinned by our membership of the ECHR. I will now make some progress. That is why we are embarking on the most…13 Jul 2026HANSARDSeasonal Worker VisasThis Government recognise the importance of a prompt announcement on visa numbers to enable the agriculture industry to plan and prepare. The Government are committed to…13 Jul 2026HANSARDBritish National Overseas VisaWe assess that the route has been a success. Since it launched, more than 170,000 Hongkongers have moved to the UK, and thousands have now been granted settlement. The Government…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her important question. I work closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and many sectors in agriculture to ensure that they…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for clearly and comprehensively articulating the…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationThe hon. Member’s party had 14 years to make changes, but they absolutely failed. We inherited their open borders and their broken system, but we are working hard behind the…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationI thank the right hon. Member for her passionate intervention. We took on her Government’s open borders. Over the last year, we have seen a reduction of around 41% in small boat…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationI am absolutely fed up of being lectured by the Opposition, who gave us this problem. It is like being lectured by the arsonist on putting out the fire. I will go absolutely no…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We saw the start of the boat crossings crisis only after we left the EU; of course, the Dublin agreement provided some sort of deterrent.…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, which is now on the record. I would be keen to discuss why he thinks the numbers went up, and why we saw about 180,000 people cross…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationThe Home Secretary made it clear at Home Office oral questions that the announcement on the five to 10 years absolutely stands. We opened a large consultation and had 200,000…13 Jul 2026HANSARD Border Security: UK-Ireland Co-operationI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his well-made points. I disagree that those important diplomatic relations and agreements are hollow, but I will take away the point about the…23 Jun 2026HANSARD Border Security: UK-Ireland Co-operationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) on securing this debate on a topic of great…23 Jun 2026HANSARD Border Security: UK-Ireland Co-operationI thank the hon. Member for her contribution. I absolutely disagree with the framing that we are not taking this issue seriously. We are here today having a debate, and on top of…23 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2026. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr…16 Jun 2026