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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)If the Minister is concerned to see that we do nothing to aid the evil work of people smugglers, what consideration has he given to the impact assessment by his own Department,…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I would certainly welcome a letter on family reunion. However, I must disappoint the Minister, because he has failed to convince me about the balance in the Bill, which is…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Will the Minister give way?04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am curious to know how the Minister sustains that line about the UK’s being a global leader when all the statistics published by the Home Office and others demonstrate that we…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The hon. Member endorses my comments, I am pleased to hear. If the Government are serious about their words, they need to be honest about where our ambition lies in this area and…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause raises an issue central to the Bill and tests the Government’s commitment. Ministers here and elsewhere have…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It is welcome for the Minister to reference the importance of family reunion visas, as they are clearly a vital safe route. He will be aware that more than 90% of visas are given…04 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ10. In a recent ITV interview, the Prime Minister was asked about my constituent Jenni Garratt. Jenni is a victim of the cladding scandal. Just before last Christmas, her…03 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but he is completely wrong and I will explain why shortly. In existing clause 58 and the new Government clauses, the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I refer the right hon. Gentleman to what my amendment 150 proposes. All it asks is that the Government should be required to take into account relevant scientific and medical…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The Minister may be about to pre-empt me, but I do not think he has answered the questions raised by the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East in relation to…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I have listened carefully to the Minister’s observations. To be fair, he made a good fist of defending the indefensible, but he failed to answer the concerns expressed by me and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 151, in clause 59, page 52, line 33, at end insert— “(3A) The Secretary of State must publish impact assessments on the effect of the provisions in this…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The amendment would require the Home Secretary to publish impact assessments on the effect of clause 59 both on nationals from the countries in subsection (3) and on the UK’s…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I hear what the right hon. Member is saying, but the scope of this provision seems to go much wider than that. It seeks to introduce punitive measures, including on visa charges…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am interested in that observation, and I hope the right hon. Gentleman will lead the charge to persuade the Government to allocate far more resources for the training of health…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I was reassured by the commitments on family reunion, and I look forward to the Government’s bringing forward an amendment on that topic, perhaps in the House of Lords. I have…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)As vice-chair of the inquiry to which the hon. Gentleman referred, may I ask whether he will add the House of Commons to the list of those bodies that have endorsed this? When our…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)One of the issues highlighted by the report referred to by the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, which had genuine cross-party engagement, was that the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)He can have another go if he wants. I hear what the right hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby is saying. I remember watching a BBC programme recently—I think it was on the…02 Nov 2021