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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI wish to reply to the hon. and learned Lady by saying that the sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament rests with the United Kingdom Parliament. I know that she would quite…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs I just said, I believe it is very important properly to protect genuine refugees. The problem we have been presented with over the last couple of years or so is that it is…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billrose—27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWill my hon. Friend give way?27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWill my hon. Friend give way?27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI beg to move amendment 133, page 40, line 7, at end insert— “(2A) A suspensive claim, or an appeal in relation to a suspensive claim (only as permitted by or by virtue of this…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIs the hon. Gentleman implying that Labour Members will not oppose the Bill any further on these matters, because they want to improve and enact it, but no more?27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI voted for the Bill on Second Reading because it was most emphatically going in the right direction, but I emphasised that we wanted to be sure that it would actually work in the…27 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI am just about to conclude by saying that this debate is about the rule of law and constitutional law, as well as the very fair points that my right hon. Friend the Member for…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandNotwithstanding what my right hon. Friend has said, may I suggest that this remains unfinished business as regards our leaving the European Union?22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandVery simply, because we agreed that we would bring in the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which I will come on to in a minute. That is the difference. That Bill would have dealt…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandThe heading of the statutory instrument that we are discussing in this motion is “Constitutional Law”, and I am sorry to say that what my hon. Friend says—some reference to…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI believe in the real Union of the United Kingdom and the sovereignty of its Parliament here at Westminster. Articles 1 and 2 of the protocol clearly set out the principle of…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseAs Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee, may I ask the Leader of the House to kindly tell the House when the statutory instrument relating to the Stormont brake will be…16 Mar 2023HANSARD HS2 Ltd and Local Community RelationsI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Saqib Bhatti) for giving me this opportunity to make a short speech. I have a similar problem to him. I have a dossier,…16 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetHS2 goes from the very bottom to the very top of my constituency, and I am extremely glad that the Minister has agreed to come to see my constituents soon—I wish he would confirm…14 Mar 2023HANSARD BBC: Government Role in ImpartialityImpartiality is public purpose No. 1 of the royal charter, which I helped to negotiate in 2016. Given that guidelines simply do not work, may I suggest the setting up of an…14 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI fundamentally disagree with almost everything that the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) said, as many people may understand. I believe in the…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Bill is very much in the right direction. As my right hon. and learned Friend has just indicated, she needs to consider disapplication of parts of the Human Rights Act that…07 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityIs my right hon. Friend aware whether a contract, written or unwritten, has been entered into between the parties concerned? This important question asked by my right hon. and…06 Mar 2023