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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will let the hon. Gentleman gather his breath. He made a strong case that he was concerned about the work of the European Court of Human Rights making judgments about…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes), a knight of the realm, lecturing us all on being in touch with the people and…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWhen the Immigration Minister was dismissing concerns about locking children up, suggesting that they probably were not children because of concerns about age verification, the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillNobody is encouraging the smugglers. Given the heat that has been generated in this Chamber, it is important to recognise that nobody across the House supports the smugglers.…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will not give way. The hon. Gentleman has made his feelings clear, even if he has taken the Shelley’s grandmother approach to communicating any sense about them. What matters…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Government have accepted that they will be subject to an article 3 investigation to see whether there have been breaches of the Human Rights Act at Manston—basically the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI hope that the hon. Member for Devizes is at dinner, because after having made that speech, I am sure he needs something to eat. I simply say that that was not what Winston…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will happily give way, but then I really must bring my remarks to an end.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will, if the hon. Gentleman will let me finish my sentence; I am sure he wishes to hear what I have to say. I thought it was worth hearing from the man himself, because his…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy colleague sets out the other, more pragmatic point that I would like to put on the record, which is that actually it does not matter what Churchill thought. If we want to…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI think we have all expounded quite clearly on how that the interpretation that the hon. Member for Devizes sought to set out of what Churchill thought might not be an entirely…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will happily give way, and then I do want to come to a conclusion.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI fear the right hon. Gentleman may have misread the statistics, because it was Afghans who made up 33% of arrivals. Between October and December 2022, only 9% of small boat…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI wish to reassure the Committee that I will speak only to the amendments that have been selected for this evening—I know that we have debates on other amendments scheduled…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Minister knows that that is not how the scheme has worked; he knows that only 22 people have been resettled. He already has in his inbox the case I mentioned—it is long…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOf course I give way to the right hon. Gentleman. I am looking forward to hearing what he has to say.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Minister needs to be clear about how those people have been identified. There are people tonight in Tehran at direct risk of harm and needing our help. The challenge with this…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI look forward to having a debate with the right hon. Gentleman tomorrow about my amendment 293, which would remove the word “Illegal” from the title of the Bill. It is not…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI happily give way. Tell me where I can put them.27 Mar 2023