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HANSARDIllegal 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 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 AssessmentThe point I made then and have made again today is that the Labour Party’s policy is merely focused on the symptoms of the problem. It is saying that, if we can grant the…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We want to build a system whereby the UK is a generous and welcoming country to those in genuine need of sanctuary. That is why we have pursued…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. Not only is maintaining a system without taking robust further steps like the Rwanda policy likely to be extremely expensive—that is…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 2023HANSARD Population Growth: Impact of ImmigrationThank you, Mr Paisley. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) for securing the debate and for his kind words—flattery, of…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Migrationindicated dissent .15 Jun 2023HANSARD MigrationI join hon. Members across the House in thanking my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton), my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter…15 Jun 2023HANSARD MigrationThe Scottish Government are not doing anything!15 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateProvisions within the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (NABA), which came into force on 28 June 2022, set out the framework to differentiate between two groups of refugees who…08 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationThank you, Mr Hollobone. It is important that we approach this debate in the spirit not of posturing but of seeking to find solutions to this difficult problem. Obviously, the…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationAs far as I am aware, we do not intend to use that location for unaccompanied children. I will confirm that in writing, but that is not my understanding. To the point that the…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationI will give way briefly to the hon. Gentleman, but I must wrap up soon, because we have only a few minutes left.07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationWell, I regret giving way. I thought that the hon. Gentleman wanted to make a serious point; sadly, he wanted to make a frivolous one. I did talk to the young people—of course I…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationI will make the point, please. I have listened to the comments that were made earlier. With respect to accompanied children, there are currently 24,300 children under the age of…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationI will not give way. What I saw when I visited the hotel was security guards, social workers, and team leaders who previously worked for the police and the military all doing a…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationI cannot, because I have to bring my remarks to a close. The purpose of the Illegal Migration Bill is to put an end to this trade once and for all, so we can focus our resources…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationI cannot give way because there is no time left. We do that by beating the people smugglers and stopping the boats.07 Jun 2023