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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)The Minister has given some clarity by saying that the Government are not working with Denmark, but, as he has already said today, he cannot tell us which countries the Government…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)The Government’s resettlement scheme for citizens of Afghanistan is not even open and they are paving the way for Afghanistan to be redetermined as a safe country. Based on the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)Have you got a more convincing argument?26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the Minister set out how many reciprocal arrangements we have at the moment? Will there be more detail in the Bill documents about what those arrangements might be?26 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeThe Government had 18 months in which to plan to evacuate Afghanistan, and have had a further two months since it fell, but the Minister for warm welcome still cannot say today…25 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the Minister give way?21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman share my concern, which is twofold? First, the best way to tackle the people smugglers is to provide safe routes, because then they are denied the chance…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman share my concern that those who purport to demand that France take more asylum seekers need to be mindful of the fact that France already takes three times…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the Minister give way?21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)rose—21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister simply must give way on this.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister can say it as clearly as he wants. The reality is that I have constituents whose casework—correspondence from the Home Office—tells me that it was safe for them to be…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Does my hon. Friend share my concern that, once again, the Government will extend the number of people in the UK subject to no recourse to public funds conditions, requiring…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Perhaps Government Members would have greater standing on the issue if they were not betraying their own manifesto and cutting aid to countries where people might be able to seek…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)It is not only the duplicity of that statement. My constituent’s family member is in Afghanistan and needs their passport to leave the country. Their passport is currently being…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Perhaps the hon. Gentleman was not listening when my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central outlined that the explanatory notes explain that the Bill will mean that some…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister has rather blithely dismissed our concern about the potential illegality of the measure. What is it that the Minister knows that UNHCR, Amnesty International, British…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)On a quick point of clarification, I said “500 men in a 73-bed hostel”, but that is certainly not what the Home Office has done in my constituency. They are 73-bed rooms. The…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Does my hon. Friend share my concern about increased criminality by gangs targeting the accommodation to get people involved in criminal activity? That is a direct result of…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)It is not just the detention centres. The Government seem to have learned nothing from Napier. Most recently, they put 500 men in a 73-bed hostel in my constituency.21 Oct 2021