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HANSARD Safe Asylum Routes: Afghan RefugeesI would be happy to take away the hon. Gentleman’s comment and consider it. In my experience, the challenges he has described in this debate are not primarily related to the…17 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have no idea what the hon. Lady is referring to, but I would be very happy to look into that individual case.18 Sept 2023HANSARDImmigration Rules: Statement of ChangesMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules. EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and EUSS family permits We are…07 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI would be very happy to take a look at that, and I completely understand and appreciate the unique pressures that Kent faces.05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI hope that I have given my hon. Friend some reassurance that we are now at a point where we can move forward with exiting hotels—we will come back to the House in due course to…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateMy right hon. Friend is correct to say that the framework of international treaties, many of which were forged in the years after the second world war, now appear out of date…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the co-operation that we have had over the summer. I appreciate his position with respect to the barge, although we believe it is important…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI can tell the House what would happen if the Labour party was in charge of returns. [ Interruption. ] No, this is an important point to make. The right hon. and learned Member…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right—I speak as a former solicitor, so I mean no harm to the profession, but the abuse that I have seen in my role over the past nine months is truly…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI have always taken and valued the advice of my hon. Friend in this regard. We will, of course, consider what action we need to take if there is a negative judgment from the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI am happy to look into the case that the hon. Gentleman raises but, as I have said in answer to numerous questions, we are now making very strong progress with the backlog. We…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI was not aware that our meeting had been postponed—I will look into that immediately after the statement. In one sense, the issue that the right hon. Gentleman has brought to the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateFirst, I would say that the number of small boat arrivals coming to the UK has fallen by 20%. That is a very significant achievement, bearing in mind the context of a 100%…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI am happy to look into that issue, and I am delighted to see the right hon. Gentleman’s Damascene conversion to stopping the boats. I can assure him that the UK has a very robust…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateThree things have changed decisively over the summer. First, it is increasingly clear that the numbers coming over are lower than last year as a result of the plan that the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateParliament’s support for our Rwanda plan was made clear with the passage of the Illegal Migration Act 2023. That is a statutory scheme to underpin the Rwanda partnership, so the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI hope I have already described in previous answers the work that we have done. I can assure the hon. Lady that it is bearing fruit and that the backlog of legacy decisions will…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateYes, I would be happy to continue to work with my right hon. Friend, as we have done in recent months. We have provided £3,500 per bed space to local authorities that house…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateOn the first of those two important questions, the right hon. Lady is right to say that the work we have done to transform the decision-making process is bearing fruit. There will…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his question and our continued co-operation. We believe that this policy is in the national interest. It is right that those coming to…05 Sept 2023