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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)So the Minister is saying that the Government’s impact assessment is wrong.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, Southgate on his comprehensive critique of clause 10. I want to add only a few points on what is clearly at the heart of the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)I look forward to the letter, but it would be useful to hear the evidence before the Committee is forced to vote. As colleagues have pointed out, these plans will punish the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Will the Minister give way?21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He talked again about the UK’s leading role in accepting refugees. Does he not accept that the most recent data from the UNHCR on…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Many of us could tell similar stories of hopes dashed by the mismatch, reflected in some of the Government’s language around this legislation, between their ambition and the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)May I push the Minister a little further on the issue? He has been at pains to say that the Government’s plan is not for the centres to be where people are detained. Will he…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister is right to say that we all agree on the objective and that the dispute is about the effectiveness of the Government strategy. Is he not even a little unsettled by…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifth sitting)The Minister refers to the contribution of the right hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby. That was a challenge to give a commitment that fees should not be set at a level that…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way, because it is important that he addresses the question that has been raised successively. The clause goes against the drift of the rest of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixth sitting)May I confirm that I heard the Minister right? Did he say that the Government and Home Office are clear that this is happening, but they cannot give any indication of the extent?19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q Okay. I understand that; we are throwing all sorts of stuff at you. But it was a report published last month by the Kaldor Centre— George Brandis: The Kaldor Centre—23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you, High Commissioner, for taking the time to join us. To follow up on my colleague’s question about cost, I was looking through some figures from your Department of Home…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Okay. George Brandis: The Kaldor Centre is a centre established as an advocacy centre and a research centre to advance the interests of refugees, and it takes a particular point…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)I take that point—23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q Certainly, that would be very helpful, but does that sort of ballpark seem about right? You are saying that it is an expensive programme. George Brandis: Please do not take from…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I wondered if I could follow up on clause 48—a clause you did not mention—and the proposals in the Bill that would, effectively, increase the threshold for initial…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q So the university is wrong in that? George Brandis: I am not aware of the report to which you refer. I mean, let’s not beat around the bush here—this was a very controversial…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q I took that from a report by the University of New South Wales. The same report said that of the 4,180 people offshored during that peak period between 2012 and 2014, almost…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q On a different point, is it correct to say that you have not offshored anybody since 2014? George Brandis: No, I do not think that is right. I have a disaggregated year-by-year…23 Sept 2021