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HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThe Home Secretary and I want to see exactly the same thing. That is why with our new plan we will cut the initial asylum backlog by the end of next year. People should get swift…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s local community in Ilfracombe for the support they are providing; they deserve credit and praise for that. As for her question, we want a…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThe hon. Gentleman is right that this is a complex issue. We are happy to look at all the different ways in which we can make a difference. I look forward to taking his suggestion…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy hon. Friend put it clearly, succinctly and very well, and I completely agree with him. We are keen to restart those flights as soon as we can—we await the next stage of our…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy hon. Friend, as ever, makes a powerful point. I agree that we need to deliver now, and we have a plan in place. That is what we will focus on next year for his constituents and…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationOur legislation will deliver a system whereby a person who comes here illegally will have no right to stay and will be removed to their own country or a safe third-country…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI share the frustration of my hon. Friend and his constituents that their local hotel, like so many others, is currently being used to house illegal migrants. That is wrong and we…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy hon. Friend makes an excellent and very clear point. At issue today is illegal migration, which has significantly increased in the past couple of years and is putting…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI thank my hon. Friend for his support of our approach. The new small boat operational command will bring together our civilian capabilities, our military and the NCA in a more…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 2021-22The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has today laid before Parliament a report covering the work of the Committee between August 2021 and March 2022. The 2021-22…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThis is something that my right hon. Friend the Immigration Minister is working on at pace. We are keen to move as quickly as we can and to secure value for taxpayers’ money…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI thank my right hon. Friend for his excellent question. What our legislation will deliver is a system whereby someone who comes here illegally will not have the right to stay,…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. We need to remain dynamic and nimble with the new challenges we face. I have said this will not be an easy problem to fix or one we…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI do not want people to wait, and that is why we need to stop the flow of illegal migrants coming here, because they put unsustainable pressure on the system. That means we cannot…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI agree with all of that, and that is what the reforms I have announced today will deliver. The best way to do that is to ensure that the pressure on our system is not…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI am confident that our legislation will deliver the asylum system that we want to see, and I can tell my hon. Friend that it will come very early in the new year. We want to…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI thank my right hon. Friend both for absolutely championing the issue for his constituents and for the advice that he has provided to the Home Secretary and me, given his…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent suggestion. I also give her the reassurance that for the first time we will have British officials stationed in Albania, particularly at…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationAs I set out to the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, we have redesigned the end-to-end process for asylum processing, which will triple the productivity of our caseworkers and…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As our actions over the past couple of years have shown, this is an incredibly compassionate and generous country, which has offered and always…13 Dec 2022