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HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI thank my hon. Friend. As ever, he succinctly and clearly highlights the contribution that his family and his parents’ generation made to our incredible country. As Members have…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeThe hon. Gentleman has just highlighted a case going back to 2008. If he would like me to look at it in further detail, I would be very happy to do so.23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. That work is under way, as the Prime Minister instructed, with the Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Care. He is right…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI refer the hon. Lady to my earlier comments. I have already made it clear to the House that our immigration system is far too complicated. The work that we are taking forward in…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend is right to recognise that this scandal affected people from Commonwealth countries. We do have that information, and I can confirm that people were affected from…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI would be very happy to work with the hon. Gentleman. If he can provide me with the background that he just shared with the House and some contact details, we will pick that up,…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Gentleman’s comments about the cases. I have been categorically told that by the Department, but I do feel, in terms of the scale of the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy right hon. Friend understands some of the challenges associated with the Windrush generation and the compensation scheme, and the exceptional work of community representation…23 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. As we discussed this morning, the way in which the community has come together—the multi-faith groups, as we discussed…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about ensuring that communities and, in particular, minority groups within them, are not vilified at this time. This is a moment when we…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I, too, pay tribute to Mr Furlong. What happened was absolutely appalling. All our sympathies and thoughts are with his family and…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackMy hon. Friend is absolutely right in terms of the role of network providers, but also programmes such as Prevent. There is much more that we can do, and of course work is…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments and for his thoughtful remarks about Reading as a community. I met the hon. Member for Reading East (Matt Rodda) and made exactly the…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The work they do is vast and complicated and based on intelligence at home and sometimes abroad. We must all reflect on the way they work. They…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackI have spoken previously on the Floor of the House about the complexities of immigration, the immigration system and immigration law, and I have touched on the difficulty of…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackOn this, my hon. Friend speaks for the silent majority across our country. She is right and we are right in our assessment that the highest-harm offenders should be in prison, and…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the senseless terror attack that took place in Reading on Saturday evening. That appalling attack is now subject to an…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackThe Acheson report made various recommendations, and that is something that the Lord Chancellor and I, and across Government, are constantly reviewing and working on. I have…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackMy hon. Friend is right, and of course we do it collectively, not in isolation, working with our police, our counter-terrorism policing—the whole policing family across the…22 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackMy hon. Friend is right. We saw at the weekend the unarmed police officer who apprehended the suspect, and we have seen it in many other cases. At such times, these individuals…22 Jun 2020