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HANSARDPolice PayThe seventh report of the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) was published today. The Body considered the pay and allowances for police officers up to and including the chief…21 Jul 2021HANSARDNCA Remuneration Review Body Report 2021I am today announcing the Government’s decision on pay for the National Crime Agency (NCA) for 2021-22. The Government recognise that public sector workers play a vital role in…21 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillBy successive Governments, if the hon. Gentleman had read the Wendy Williams report about Windrush. I have already overhauled the Windrush compensation scheme. I urge colleagues…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThis is an important Bill, and it is right that we have given the House plenty of time to debate it. We are seeking to achieve systematic, end-to-end reform of this system, but it…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillPerhaps the hon. Gentleman would like to either intervene or listen. The British people have repeatedly voted to take back control of our borders, something that the Labour party…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Billindicated dissent.19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will not give way. As a nation, we have always stepped up to support refugees in need, and rightly so. This is a great source of national pride for our country, and of course…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIf the hon. Gentleman had followed much of the work undertaken by the Home Office prior to the introduction of the Bill, and if he had looked at our new plan for immigration, he…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will give way just one more time.19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThere are a number of points to make on the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. First and foremost, no one would dispute the work that we do in other countries around the world, or how…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIf I may just finish my remarks before I go back to my speech. That is why our focus is on creating safe routes and looking at what we can do outside the United Kingdom to help…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. He will know from our discussions that we will continue to work with him and others to ensure that we are doing the right thing. I will…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend is right, and that is where the system becomes conflated and there is no separation between the two. He is absolutely right to make that point.19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will not give way. [Interruption.] I have been very generous in taking interventions, and I would like to make some progress. It is important to reflect on the fact that, when…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillNo, I will not.19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe hon. Gentleman will have his chance to speak shortly. There has been an alarming increase in the number of illegal entrants and foreign national offenders, including child…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Without going into detail here, I give him the assurance that this is effectively what we are seeking to achieve and are working on right…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillNo, I will not give way. I have taken many interventions. We are also closing the loophole that has prevented the defence of some immigration decisions on the ground of national…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will not; I have given way several times now. Our intention is to address the wider system to fix this problem so that we can help those who are in genuine need to resettle…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. The British people have had enough of open borders and uncontrolled immigration; enough of a failed asylum system that…19 Jul 2021