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HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexI thank the right hon. Lady for her remarks. There are a number of points I would like to make. First, the right hon. Lady is absolutely right about the first responders. They…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexI thank my hon. Friend for her comments and her question as the constituency Member of Parliament. We were together this morning to pay our respects and extend our condolences,…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexI thank the hon. and learned Lady for her comments on the actual incident in Essex, and on the issue at hand in terms of people smuggling and the 39 deaths. On her comments about…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexWe have received no formal reports of anything of that nature, but we will obviously follow up any evidence of wrongdoing or the discarding of foreign documents.28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexThat dialogue is already under way, and, in view of the terrible tragedy that has taken place, it is right that it is under way.28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I can assure the House that in this particular investigation, that is exactly how we will be working.28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexMy hon. Friend raises some important points. There are a number of ways of providing support for lorry drivers and others. A great deal of work is done through road haulage…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. She will know, with the port in her own constituency, that various challenges have now been highlighted. It is important to acknowledge that…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexI thank my hon. Friend for his comments and, being a neighbouring Member of Parliament, I do know Harwich. He is right to point out that all port operators and border staff around…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. He will know, through his work on the all-party group on human trafficking and modern slavery, that there are specific source countries—he…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexMy right hon. Friend is right to raise that issue, as he has done previously. It is clear that this is not a UK-specific issue but an international one. While a great deal of work…28 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Unaccompanied Child Refugees in EuropeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. All hon. Members will recognise that we see far too much tragedy in relation to children fleeing war-torn parts of the world. We need to do…28 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Unaccompanied Child Refugees in EuropeThe UK has a long and proud tradition of offering protection to vulnerable people fleeing war and persecution, and the Government take the welfare of vulnerable children…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexI thank the right hon. Lady for her comments. Let me be clear to the House: any form of trafficking and smuggling of individuals is completely wrong. She rightly highlights the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexI have gone through that report and seen the recommendations. I am currently reviewing aspects of them, but in particular how we can make them more relevant, because that was a…28 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Unaccompanied Child Refugees in EuropeMy right hon. Friend highlights a current and pressing issue: child refugees in Syria. I know that other colleagues in the House, including the Foreign Secretary, have spoken…28 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Unaccompanied Child Refugees in EuropeI, too, would like to wish a very happy Diwali to all Hindus across the United Kingdom, and to the hon. Gentleman and others. The hon. Gentleman recognises and highlights the fact…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we are speaking here about international organised criminality through various gangs, routes and countries where this facilitation is…28 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Unaccompanied Child Refugees in EuropeI would like to reiterate that the Government are committed to getting a deal and, with that, fulfilling our section 17 obligation to move forward in the right way. As I have…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexI thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising his concerns. The answer is yes, of course I would be delighted to meet him. On top of that, he is right to recognise, through his…28 Oct 2019