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HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me start by thanking the hon. Lady for her question and for her work in this area. In particular, she has worked a lot with me and my Department on the issue of grooming gangs…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf I may say so to the hon. Lady, I repeat the comments that I made earlier. I appreciate that she may be trying to demonstrate some humour, but the Prime Minister has apologised.…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsPerhaps the right hon. Lady has forgotten that, in this country, the police and courts are independent of the Government, and I will always respect that principle. Rather than…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise this. Let me be very clear: in no way and under no circumstances are any of the acts that he has spoken about acceptable. They are thoroughly…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman has raised a vital issue and I thank him for his work locally, and the work of his local authority and policing. I know he has been in contact with the Policing…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityFirst of all, I take issue with the right hon. Lady’s overall comment: there is no complacency. There is never any complacency at all. On issues of national security, it is…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will come to my statement shortly, when I will talk about that issue in much more detail. There are important issues about protecting our…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He has also just touched on the wide-ranging nature of threats. That covers, as I have said, institutions, finance and all aspects of direct…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on foreign interference in UK politics. I, like all Members across this House, am utterly appalled that an individual…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and indeed for setting out the context of the question. He highlights the extent to which China has been investing in the United…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the right hon. Lady to her role; I did not get the chance to do that when we last met to debate the Nationality and Borders Bill. With regards to the coronavirus…17 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Boat Channel CrossingsI always enjoy the hon. Gentleman’s contributions. As we saw on Report and Third Reading of the Nationality and Borders Bill, the Scottish National party choose to deploy…17 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Boat Channel CrossingsThe hon. Gentleman needs to understand global migration challenges and the international exploitation of human lives and human beings that takes place, because clearly he has no…17 Jan 2022HANSARDKnife CrimeMy hon. Friend will know that all efforts are being made on reducing knife crime. As the Policing Minister has just said, the latest police-recorded crime figures have shown a…17 Jan 2022HANSARDKnife CrimeIt is not every day I can come to the Dispatch Box to celebrate and praise the Gooners, but in this case I take great pride in joining my hon. Friend. The “No More Red” campaign,…17 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Boat Channel CrossingsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why this Government are unapologetic for the fact that we now have the Nationality and Borders Bill and the new plan for immigration.…17 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Boat Channel CrossingsMy hon. Friend will know that that is the policy of this Government. Border Force was commissioned to do this with the MOD, and through the hybrid ways of working that I have…17 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Boat Channel CrossingsMy right hon. Friend’s question is an important one because, as all hon. Members will be well aware, I asked for MOD naval assets and support back in 2020, because no Department…17 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Boat Channel CrossingsWe could rerun the debate on the Nationality and Borders Bill, which I would happily do. This Government are determined not just to reform what is a broken asylum system—we are…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityMy hon. Friend makes an important and valid point. I would like to speak to him about some of the points that he makes.17 Jan 2022