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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)I am glad that the Minister got to that last sentence, because it is quite clear from section 29 that victims of modern slavery only have to be considered a threat to public…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)This is where we start to get back into very uncomfortable and dangerous territory, where it is going to be up to the individual to prove that they are not guilty of such crimes.…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)I am sorry to see that the Minister is still bravely struggling with a cold—the Committee has noticed. A variety of offences are available to the courts to make sure that anybody…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that we have to make that distinction between those who have organised, orchestrated and profited from such activities and those at the…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Sixth sitting)These clauses create invasive new search, seizure and retention powers, along with the powers to access, copy and use information contained within an electronic device. The new…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)Absolutely not. Again, I must be having great difficulty getting through, and I accept that that is my responsibility, but that is not what is intended in the least. A variety of…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)It must be how I am presenting this but, again, I am not being understood. I am sorry that I have not explained the intention clearly enough, but I have no intention of that…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is spot on. The job of those organisations is to be concerned for the welfare and conditions of people who come to our shores, and to ensure that they are…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for her full response to the amendments before the Committee. I totally agree with her on amendment 17, and I hope the Committee rejects it. It is a…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for a second day, Mr Stuart. I rise to speak to amendment 5 in my name. Of all the new criminalising clauses in the Bill,…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)My concern is that the judgment in that court case significantly changed our approach to international obligations and the rule of law. All I am interested in knowing is whether…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn . Amendment proposed : 14, in page 3, line 37, at end insert— “(c) state the number of persons who…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. It is a good 10 years since I have had the pleasure and privilege of being on a Public Bill Committee—or Standing…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 3, page 2, line 29, at end insert— “(1A) In exercising the Commander’s functions, the Commander must have full regard to the provisions of—…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I will not detain the Committee for long. Amendment 2 covers the same sort of terrain as my amendment 1, which sought to ensure that the Border Security Commander takes cognisance…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 3, in clause 13, page 7, line 12, at end insert— ‘(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), P cannot commit an offence if P is an asylum seeker.’ This…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 2, in clause 4, page 3, line 37, at end insert— “(c) set out how the Commander has fulfilled the Commander’s duties under section 3(1A) of this Act to have…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)I wish I could say that I was reassured by the Minister’s response. There were things she said that encouraged me and that I think she was genuine and sincere about. She, and…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I thank the Minister for her full response to some of my concerns about compliance with international obligations. Something that she did not respond to, and that I am really keen…04 Mar 2025