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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Nationality and Borders Bill is the vehicle for the new plan for immigration. That is how we will address the challenge of illegal migration for the first time in over two…25 Apr 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Relocation to RwandaOur world-leading migration and economic development partnership with Rwanda will be a major boost to Rwanda and allow us to focus our efforts on people in need, not those who…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. If I may, I would like to pay tribute to both her police force and the police and crime commissioner, Andrew Snowden. I was in Lancaster…25 Apr 2022HANSARDSafe and Legal Routes to UK: Nationals of Ukraine and AfghanistanI have repeated many times the reason why we have checks and visas. I appreciate the political difference between the Government and the hon. Gentleman’s party, but we are not…25 Apr 2022HANSARDBorder ForceBorder Force officers work tirelessly, not just to secure our borders but on all sorts of security work to safeguard our borders, and to intercept illicit and counterfeit goods at…25 Apr 2022HANSARDSafe and Legal Routes to UK: Nationals of Ukraine and AfghanistanI thank the hon. Lady for her question because she makes an important point. There are a number of points to make in response. First, on the reason why low numbers have come to…25 Apr 2022HANSARDBorder ForceMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I, too, have seen the work under way and what the teams do at Holyhead, which is incredible on many fronts; there is not only passenger work,…25 Apr 2022HANSARDSafe and Legal Routes to UK: Nationals of Ukraine and AfghanistanThank you, Mr Speaker, for your statement. The Government have introduced two new safe and legal routes for Ukrainian nationals: the Ukraine family scheme and the Homes for…25 Apr 2022HANSARDSafe and Legal Routes to UK: Nationals of Ukraine and AfghanistanFirst, the new plan for immigration spells out absolutely the Government’s approach to safe and legal routes. As I have said many times in the House, every safe and legal route…25 Apr 2022HANSARDBorder ForceMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. First and foremost, we have security checks for very good reasons to do with the domestic safety of our homeland. At the same time, work is…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend my hon. Friend on the initiative that she has shown through this twinning arrangement. It is incredibly important, and the House should pay tribute to our friends in…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend, as ever, is very clear. It is world-class and a world first, and we are proud of it. It is a partnership that our partners in Rwanda are proud of as well; they…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. He knows of the strength of feeling about it among Front Benchers and others on our side of the House, which is why we have…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFor Home Office officials who work on the scheme, there is guidance about dealing with different languages in the applications, but I am very happy to pick the matter up directly…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend Nottinghamshire police and their outstanding chief constable for all the work that the team have been doing. They have been really focusing on driving down crime through…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Although Opposition Members yell about the lack of support, I will come back to a number of points. First, doing nothing is not an option. We…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThrough the hon. Lady, I would like to pass on our thanks to her constituent who is now travelling to Poland. I will need the details, if I may take them from her, to ensure that…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will have heard the comments from the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster), about work at the Passport Office. The hon. Lady…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman makes very important points. I am happy to pick that up directly with him. I do not have time to give him a full answer now, but I will happily speak to him…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to come to his constituency to do exactly that. Perhaps we can have a conservation about the safer streets fund, which will certainly assist with that issue.25 Apr 2022