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HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillIf the hon. Lady will let me finish instead of jumping up in such a way, I will answer her question. [ Interruption. ] Let me just state this, and I will answer her question if…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillThe hon. Gentleman has raised some significant issues here. We are still waiting for the lessons learned review from the independent—10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI beg to move, That the Bill now be read a Second time. Members of the Windrush generation came to the United Kingdom to rebuild Britain after the war, and they have contributed…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend raises very important issues. The Government will address them in tomorrow’s emergency legislation and the forthcoming counter- terrorism Bill, which will…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI had the privilege of visiting the west midlands two weeks ago and participating in an early-morning drugs raid. The scourge of serious and violent crime is absolutely one that…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI reassure my hon. Friend that we absolutely view rural crime as totally unacceptable. It blights communities and, whether it is fly-tipping or organised crime related to waste…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Lady for presenting to the House the horrors of what she has endured, and for making the case, very strongly and robustly, that there is no place for…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for highlighting and shining a spotlight on some of the most corrosive and abusive behaviour that people in public office—public servants—witness and…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure that the right hon. Lady is aware that under the UK Borders Act 2007 a deportation order must be made in respect of foreign criminals sentenced to 12 months or more in…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is right to point out that through our points-based system we are introducing new routes to attract the brightest and the best. Our fast-track immigration…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, we were shocked and appalled by another terror attack on the streets of London. I pay tribute to the brave members of our police and emergency services who responded…10 Feb 2020HANSARDCriminal Justice SystemI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments, and the new committee that the Prime Minister has established seeks to do exactly this. We have to look across Government. No one…10 Feb 2020HANSARDCriminal Justice SystemThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to highlight the issues about access to justice. The work that has taken place and will be taking place through the new Cabinet Committee on…10 Feb 2020HANSARDCriminal Justice SystemMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight those appalling figures and statistics, which go to show that victims are not being served and justice is not being given to the…10 Feb 2020HANSARDCriminal Justice SystemMy hon. Friend makes some very valid points about victims, sentences and the criminal justice system. I had the privilege of meeting some of his constituents when I visited his…10 Feb 2020HANSARDCriminal Justice SystemThe Government are looking at all aspects of the criminal justice system to ensure it works for victims, witnesses and the most vulnerable. We all have a part to play in that—this…10 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemImmigration legislation will come before the House in due course. With regard to the labour market and the skills this country needs, decisions on the points-based system will be…10 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemI thank the hon. Lady for her question, and of course she will know that the hostile environment, as she called it, dates back to previous Governments. The point about the…10 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemI thank my hon. Friend for his question on the applicability of the points-based system, including to his beautiful Bridgend constituency, and of course he is absolutely right to…10 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemWithout wishing to compete with my hon. Friend’s beautiful rural constituency, I, too, have one. Of course, in order to take back control we are effectively bringing in these…10 Feb 2020