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HANSARD Illegal Migration BillIf Members do not mind, I will give way to my right hon. Friend.26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillIt is difficult for me to comment on remarks that are read out that I have had no sight of; frankly, my right hon. Friend would not have done so either when she was a Home Office…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI will not give way to the hon. Lady. The fourth serious issue that was raised, principally by my right hon. Friends the Members for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend and return the compliment. It is important that we in the Government listen to the expertise we have among Members from all parties. I hope…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillLet me make some progress, and I will return to those Members who want to intervene. It is important that we get the Bill right. I understand the complexity of the legal and…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillIf I may, I will make some more progress, but I would be pleased to revert to the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) in a moment. Let me turn to the other issue that my…26 Apr 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderThe hon. Gentleman indicates that he has read the letter. I am happy to read out a portion of it for your benefit, Madam Deputy Speaker, and that of the House, and perhaps, with…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillIt is a pull factor to the UK that individuals can work in our grey economy, which is a cause of serious concern. If we were to add an additional pull factor, by enabling people…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillLet me make some progress. I am also acutely concerned that we balance that with the very real safeguarding risks posed by young adults pretending to be children. This is not a…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillLet me make some progress if I may. We have been clear that the power to remove unaccompanied children would be exercised only in very limited circumstances: principally for the…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI apologise to my hon. Friend for not praising his long-standing interest in this issue and the very good conversation that he and I had recently, in which he made exactly the…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThat provision ensures that where an individual has presented to the authorities and the police may have opened an investigation, the police would then make a submission to the…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI will not give way at the moment. The vast majority of people arriving on small boats come from an obvious place of safety—France—with a fully functioning asylum system, so they…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillMy right hon. and learned Friend is correct in saying that rule 39 indications are just that, and that there are circumstances in which Ministers have chosen not to apply them—a…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI will not give way; I will draw my remarks to a close. I will not detain the House by detailing the other Government amendments, which I have summarised in a letter—26 Apr 2023HANSARD Asylum Seeker Accommodation: South DorsetI am not sure of the source to which my hon. Friend is referring, but we will not be putting more migrants on the vessel than is safe and appropriate. I do know that barges of…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Asylum Seeker Accommodation: South DorsetPerhaps I can answer some of those questions, because we do have answers and we did think carefully about each of those questions prior to making the decision to proceed with the…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Asylum Seeker Accommodation: South DorsetI hope that in the time I have available, which I appreciate is not a great deal, I can answer as many of his questions as possible. As soon as it became apparent that Portland…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Asylum Seeker Accommodation: South DorsetI know that my hon. Friend met my officials, and I am sorry I could not be there as well; I was at a Cobra meeting to discuss the Border Force presence in Sudan this week.…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Asylum Seeker Accommodation: South DorsetI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing the debate. I will come to the specific points he raised in relation to his constituency in a moment. There is an important local…26 Apr 2023