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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)I hope the hon. Gentleman has some sort of reason for that.04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I do not like having to correct the hon. Member for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, who is usually very diligent on these matters, but the Human Trafficking and Exploitation…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 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 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 Amendment, by leave, withdrawn .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)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)Rather lengthy interventions are a feature of this Committee, but I am happy to go with that if everyone else is. The hon. Gentleman is right to refer to the National Crime…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Perhaps not—I am sure you would have a few words to say about that, Dr Murrison. I did anticipate the Minister’s response, but I do not think there is anything wrong with ensuring…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is wrong, and he did not hear me correctly. I am talking about the new offences in clauses 13 and 14, falling foul of which could result in a maximum of 14…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has noticed, but for the last three years we have had a refugee crisis from Ukraine—and there is such a distinction between how we have…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)1971—there we go. Section 25 of that Act offers the protection of allowing for a reasonable explanation of why people are caught up in such activity. That is useful when it comes…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting)That is a helpful and useful intervention, and the hon. Lady is right that the CPS did say that. I listened again very carefully to what was said, because concerns about these…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Police Scotland has a chief constable who is in charge, but in “Scot Squad”, Commissioner Miekelson is a chief commissioner. It is only right that we point out these distinctions;…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for that. I would hate to think of our combined number of years in this House, but certainly we have almost spanned half a century. The first 12…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 (Fourth sitting)The hon. Gentleman neglects to mention one thing. He is correctly summarising what is happening with the amendments, but it is already illegal to arrive into the UK illegally—that…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Third sitting)Before I put my question to the Minister, I will just say to the Committee that “The Chief” is available on iPlayer, if they want to enjoy the eight episodes that will come their…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q It is not really going to affect the gangs, and very few of them will be caught under the Bill. I had a dispute earlier with a director general of the National Crime Agency…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q You need two to one. You need two children per woman to sustain it—I am not telling a professor that. David Coleman: Yes, or 2.1. That is true, although there is a risk of…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Second sitting)Q We all know. Professor, you must know. David Coleman: I can do my best. The present situation, as you are obviously suggesting, is rather dire from the point of view of domestic…27 Feb 2025