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HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI have been very clear that those far-right and other elements who are inciting violence and intimidation outside hotels or other forms of accommodation are wrong. I have directed…29 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateMy hon. Friend and predecessor knows how difficult these decisions can be. Like him, I did not come into politics to deal with clandestine entry or organised immigration crime,…29 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateFirst, I thank my hon. Friend for his generous words about me and my colleagues at the Home Office. He is right to say that the sheer number of people crossing the channel…29 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateAs my hon. Friend knows, I love the Potteries and will always want to further the best interests of Stoke-on-Trent and its wider region. The hotel by the station is a particularly…29 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateIs it not abundantly clear that Labour does not have the faintest clue how to tackle this issue? It has absolutely no plan. What we have laid out today is three months of intense…29 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateIt is not my intention to house minors on those sites. It is right that we ensure that minors and families are properly supported. Those sites will be used for single adult males,…29 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billindicated dissent.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI gave way to the hon. Lady against my better judgment, and what she says is not the point. The point is that three quarters of people on the verge of being removed from this…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will happily give way, then. I am certainly not scared of the hon. Lady.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will not give way, because I am about to bring my remarks to a close.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs I have previously said to my right hon. Friend, I look forward to listening and engaging with him and like-minded colleagues. However, we come to this issue with a serious…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillBut I will give way to my right hon. Friend.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am not going to give way. I am going to bring my remarks to a close, because I think I have spoken long enough.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWith great respect to my right hon. Friend, I do not think it is correct to denigrate the concern that 73% of those people who arrived on small boats and were detained for removal…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThank you, Sir Roger. The hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) does not like the Bill. She is going to vote against the Bill and she does not want to…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am not going to give way again. [Interruption.] I am not going to give way to the hon. and learned Lady. Let me turn to— [Interruption.] Let me turn—28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWe are doing that. That is the plan that the Prime Minister set out in December, on which we are already making good progress. Let me say two further things to the hon. Lady.…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI would be pleased to give way to my right hon. Friend.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will give way one last time, but I want to bring my remarks to a close as soon as possible.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe impact assessment will be published in due course. Let me continue with the points I was making. I return to a question that has been raised on several occasions about our…28 Mar 2023