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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)Dame Siobhain, we have to stop meeting like this. Amendment 20 is a rather simple amendment, and one that I hope the Minister takes seriously. Clause 53 has a massive and dramatic…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I will not push the amendment to a vote.13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I want to ask one simple question: does the Minister remember the good old days, when we had freedom of movement across the continent?13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I am a little disconcerted by this new clause. It is disappointing that it was introduced so late in proceedings; it should have been included in the Bill as presented on First…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)The Government’s intention with the Bill is, as we have heard on numerous occasions—practically ad nauseam—to smash the gangs and disrupt their business model. In their attempt to…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)That may well be the case, but I suggest to the hon. Member that Ukrainians are not getting on small boats across the channel because they have an effective and efficient safe…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)This has been a very good debate and we have got to the heart of some of the issues. I will push the new clause to a vote because, of all the things that those involved with the…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)That is a very difficult thing to say. We have some rough ideas when it comes to the Ukraine and Afghan schemes. These schemes are really worth while. We have seen them work,…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)Absolutely. I think we are starting to get into territory where there is general agreement. With these amendments, we are asking the Government to look at what more they could do…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I have been listening very carefully to the hon. Gentleman, and I have been impressed by his contributions thus far in public, but it is utterly absurd and ridiculous to suggest…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)If we look at the international situation, we know the hotspots and the areas and issues that have difficulty, because there are people queuing up in France to come to the United…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)rose—13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I realise and understand that it is me standing between everybody else around here and lunch, so I will be brief. I am grateful to the Minister, and there is very little I…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I thought we were ready for lunch! I am ill prepared. This Committee has a strong work ethic—I am desperately trying to find my notes. The new clauses are practically the exact…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I cannot let the hon. Gentleman get away with this, because it is utter and total bunkum. I ever so gently encourage him to look at the migration figures within the United Kingdom…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)So was I.13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I will be brief, but a lot of the questions that were asked were relevant and deserve a response. First, it is not me that the hon. Member for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh needs…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.13 Mar 2025