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HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s support for the action that we are taking. This Conservative Government brought forward the Illegal Migration Bill, a robust measure that is…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Deterrence has to be at the heart of our approach, whether domestically in terms of making it harder to live and work illegally in the United…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentI will always hold the providers to account for the quality of the service they provide for the taxpayer. I take that very seriously, as I have said to the hon. Lady in the past,…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentI do not know whether the shadow Home Secretary would scrap the scheme—I have heard all sorts of conflicting reports in that regard—but my hon. Friend is absolutely right that…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentI am happy to discuss that with the hon. Lady, or she can speak to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Moor View (Johnny Mercer), who…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentI am surprised by the hon. Gentleman’s approach because he voted against every measure we brought forward to tackle this challenge. As a result, more people will come to the…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentI could not agree more strongly with my hon. Friend. There is a naivety to the Labour party’s position. If Labour Members think that they can solve the problem just by granting…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentLet’s see about that, shall we? I think we have the right policy. It is one we are pursuing. As soon as we have the ability to do so through the courts, we will get those flights…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentFirst, I am sorry that the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) is feeling unwell, and I hope she recovers quickly. With respect to my hon. Friend’s question, I…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentI completely agree with my right hon. Friend, although not necessarily his comments about Skegness. The point is that we have to look at each and every one of the pull factors to…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentOn the hon. Member’s penultimate point, we have gone to great lengths to ensure that individuals do not arrive on our shores without our knowledge. That happens in only a tiny…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentI do not support allowing asylum seekers to work in this country. The approach that we are taking under the Illegal Migration Bill means that individuals who come here will be…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentThe last time my hon. Friend asked me a question, he said that we would not be able to produce a barge to house asylum seekers. Actually, days later we signed the agreement to do…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentThe difference here is that if we do nothing, we will see the British taxpayer spend billions of pounds. [ Interruption. ] That is not on us; that is on the Labour party. We are…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentI usually have the utmost respect for the right hon. Gentleman, but he is wrong in each respect of that question. First, the figure that he quoted is a gross figure, not a net…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentFirst, I agree that Glasgow is taking in a large number of asylum seekers. It is just a pity that nowhere else in Scotland is. That is the approach the SNP Government have…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentThe hon. Lady is wrong on a number of counts. First, the impact assessment does not say that it costs £169,000 to send somebody to Rwanda. The figure is an indicative one based on…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Perhaps it would be helpful if I sent the hon. Lady a copy of the letter that I wrote to the Scottish Government recently,…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentThe Illegal Migration Bill is critical to stopping the boats. Its intent is clear: if someone comes to the UK illegally, they should be detained and swiftly returned to their home…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentThe right hon. Lady misses the point entirely. The impact assessment bears out the cost of the current broken system and makes it clear that there is no option but to completely…27 Jun 2023