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HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemIn short, I am not surprised by the position that the Opposition have taken, and it shows once again the contempt they have been showing to the British public.24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemI was not putting her down at all. If the right hon. Gentleman will listen, the hon. Lady was obviously conflating several issues with a new immigration system that, as I have…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the United Kingdom’s new points-based immigration system. Last week, I announced our plans for a radical new…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The MAC has stated that we should have a single UK immigration policy, one based on one system that will benefit every single part of the United…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemI welcome the hon. Lady to her new position and wish her every success in the role. However, I am a little disappointed, because it sounds like she has not actually read the…24 Feb 2020HANSARDJermaine Baker: Public InquiryI am announcing today the establishment by the Home Office of an inquiry, under the Inquiries Act 2005, to investigate the circumstances of the death of Jermaine Baker during a…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Point of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I must say that this is news to me. I will certainly note what the hon. Lady has had to say and make inquiries of my office,…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think it is fair to say, given that remark, that the insincerity sits with the hon. and learned Lady. The fact of the matter is that it is right that we come together.…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillNo, I will not give way. As mentioned earlier, the Home Office is extending the length of the scheme by two years, so people will be able to submit claims up to 2 April 2023. I…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI refer the right hon. Gentleman to the comments made during the urgent question by the Minister. The facts have been provided. I say again that if individuals wish to make…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI do not think I have missed that point, because this is a charter flight for foreign national offenders —[Interruption.] Members are welcome to bring individual cases, but I can…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillLet me make a few points on that. First and foremost, we should not be conflating this charter flight—the criminality—with the issue of the Windrush compensation scheme. The hon.…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillIf I may, I will finish the point. To rebuild that trust, working with third parties and other stakeholder groups and organisations is vital, and we will continue to do that.10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI thank my hon. Friend for her question. I will come on to this issue, primarily because our stakeholder advisory group has a very important role to play in it and I will explain…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillThe numbers were reduced in the impact assessment due to the fewer-than-anticipated claims thus far. I will come on to Commonwealth citizens because, of course, this is not…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI will look into those cases. Of course we have the exceptional payments scheme, which should stop anybody falling through—such people should receive those payments.10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillMy hon. Friend raises issues that go right to the heart of what happened in the Windrush scandal. No Government would want to preside over something so scandalous, and there has…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillIt is a fact that this is not about money. Money cannot compensate for the awful experience and hardship that people have been affected by. We should be very clear about that. […10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI have given way already. If I can just finish, it is important that we do this in the right way, provide the right amount of time and ask people to work with the Home Office to…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillLet me say a few things to all hon. Members about not just the compensation scheme but Windrush. Many of us, including me, have made representations to the Home Office on behalf…10 Feb 2020