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HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI thank my hon. Friend, and he is absolutely right to stand up for his constituents, but he is also absolutely right to highlight that our approach is the best way to relieve the…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal 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 ImmigrationFirst, I thank my hon. Friend for all his engagement with me and the Home Secretary on this issue. I know how important it is to his constituents, and I hope he is pleased by the…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for her excellent questions; they are the right questions to focus on. We have redesigned the entire process for caseworking on an…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; the Rwanda policy is an important part of our approach to tackling this problem, because it must be the case that if someone comes here…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThat is simply not right. We are very proud of our modern slavery system and we want to make sure that it protects those genuine victims of modern slavery. It is absolutely right…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy hon. Friend is a fantastic champion on this issue. He is right: we on the Conservative Benches are on the side of the British people. It is as simple as that. The Opposition…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy right hon. and learned Friend obviously has expertise on this issue. He is absolutely right about that process and the help that it can provide. He will be pleased to know that…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI just gently point out to the hon. Lady that the backlog now, difficult though it is, is half as big as it was under the last Labour Government. Unlike then, we will not resort…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for the work she did in bringing about the Modern Slavery Act: she deserves praise and credit for that. She is right: as I mentioned, the…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 2022HANSARDEngagementsThis Government are legislating to safeguard access to cash, and that is what the Financial Services and Markets Bill, which we will debate this afternoon, will do through a very…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsI think the whole House knows that my hon. Friend has been a passionate campaigner for Eden Project North for some time. I was pleased to work with him in my previous role. He…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe fully respect the decision of the Supreme Court and believe strongly in the United Kingdom. As I said to the hon. Lady last time, we will work constructively with the Scottish…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat everyone was doing at the time was working as hard and as quickly as they could to get the PPE needed for our frontline workers, including our nurses. There was an…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I believe that covid vaccines are safe and effective. No vaccine—covid or otherwise—will be approved unless it meets the UK regulator’s standards of safety, quality and…07 Dec 2022