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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Who, specifically, will be responsible for bringing forward the advisory group for each centre? Where do the responsibility and duty lie?21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)On that point, the hon. Member for Glasgow North East says she is a little cynical. I am afraid that I am a lot cynical. In Southwark’s example, the local authority was given…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister is seeking to reintroduce a system that the UK has used before. In the 1930s, German Jews who had reached these shores were, in some cases, sent back if they had been…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)As UK law stands, an Afghan who had dared to work for and with the UK, protect the UK, in the past 20 years or so—perhaps as a guard at the embassy in Kabul—and who feared the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a bit of a dichotomy here? People talk up the tradition and reputation of the UK at the same time as presenting legislation that undermines…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)On the point about transparency and accountability in the centres and all accommodation used by the Home Office, will the Minister tell us whether the Bishop of Durham and other…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)On the point about section 33 of the 2002 Act—the advisory groups—will the Minister tell us why such groups have not been established at other existing centres? It is all very…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister said that it was not the Government’s intention, which does not necessarily mean it will not happen. It was not the Government’s intention to put people in unsafe…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)rose —21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister may regret that. He is asking us to accept on good will that the advisory groups will exist in the future, but he cannot tell us who will set them up, who will be on…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Does my hon. Friend share my concern that those who fought alongside or were trained by UK forces, or who guarded our diplomatic personnel in Kabul, were betrayed in being left…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)At what point is a centre of accommodation such as Napier deemed an accommodation centre by the Home Office in order to get an advisory group set up? How long will Napier be used…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister has been very generous in giving way. I am particularly concerned about this. He is suggesting that a safe route is available, when the Government guidance currently…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)That is exactly what the Minister did. However, my question is around family reunion visas, which he mentioned. The number of family reunion visas granted in the UK fell by nearly…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way; he has been very generous. It is extraordinary to hear a Minister trash their own department’s equality impact assessment and point out its…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I think Members will be somewhat sceptical of the invitation to write, given that we were writing about hundreds of cases in Afghanistan in emails that were not even opened by the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I welcome the Minister’s generosity and I am grateful for it, as I am sure Afghans will be if he can tell us when the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme will actually open, given…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifth sitting)Thank you, Sir Roger: that is very helpful. Do we have to declare an interest each time we speak or once per sitting? I want to make it clear and above board that I have received…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister refers to a typical example, but I believe that the question put was about the overall number of cases. Will the Minister provide the House with the overall number of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixth sitting)Will the Minister provide the overall number of cases that the Government believe fit this category? Will the Government also publish the number of children involved in similar…19 Oct 2021