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HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillNo, I will not give way. I want to make this point. The same people who say that we on these Benches do not want anyone to come to this country will also complain that we are…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillIn that case, nor will I take any lectures from Scottish National party Members. We can see from their sparkling racial diversity just how much they care about immigration. As…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillPerhaps I was a bit too loose with my words. I am not saying that there is no control whatever, but that people want more control and do not feel that free movement is enough…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. We need to look at what is actually happening and to think of an immigration system that will work for the very north of our…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillNo, I am not interested in joining any nationalist party, but I thank the hon. Gentleman whose constituency I forget for inviting me to join. The fact is that if we are to have a…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillContrary to what the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) says, as a first-generation immigrant, I know that it is wholly inconsistent to say that immigrants…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point, and I can see why he is making it. I am not someone who supports devolution, and I do not think that that would necessarily solve the…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend is right. There is no one-size-fits-all picture. There are lots of different things happening in lots of different places, and piecing together the pieces of this…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am afraid that I cannot take any more interventions because I am running out of time. We can and should do better. We need a moral migration policy that is right for…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI will give way to my hon. Friend.28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI will take the intervention.28 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIt is an honour to speak after the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim Fitzpatrick), who has been on a journey similar to mine, but from a different direction and a much…11 Jan 2019