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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am not going to give way on this occasion. In 2021, 73% of people who arrived on small boats and were detained for removal put forward a modern slavery claim.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank my hon. and learned Friend for that comment. As an important aside that relates to other issues he has raised, nothing in the Bill disapplies the Children Act, which will…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillNobody could dispute the seriousness with which I took the situation at Manston in the autumn, or dispute that the situation we are in today is incomparably different. Manston is…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillSir Roger, it is an observation but it is also incorrect, because I have already spoken about the many questions around children that have been raised. Before I wind up my…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillPeople do come here directly from places of danger. The hon. Lady is incorrect. We have long-standing arrangements for those people who transit through other countries to come…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy right hon. Friend is correct that the Bill does not seek to change the arrangements for those who come here directly and claim asylum from a place of danger. That is an…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIt has been a wide-ranging and interesting debate. I am grateful to all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions. I will not detain the Committee by dwelling on the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billindicated dissent .28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI would be happy to do so, or to answer more fully later when I make my remarks. It is undoubtedly true that we face a serious situation today where the number of unaccompanied…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billindicated dissent.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billindicated dissent .28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Gentleman should read the Bill. We have been debating it for the past five and a half hours, but he does not seem to have read it. The Bill says, for the very first time,…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will not give way to the hon. Gentleman. Let me speak briefly about the point raised by a number of colleagues about rule 39 and the events of last summer. The Government share…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIt is for Parliament.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will not give way to the hon. Lady. I do not want to detain the Committee for too long, so let me turn to the key points that have been raised tonight. First, with respect to…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billrose—27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Lady cannot trade in anecdote rather than facts. The facts of the matter are that the scheme has taken 25,000 individuals since just before the fall of Kabul. Those are…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThere is.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billrose—27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Gentleman must give up on his ridiculous argument that this Government have not taken safe and legal routes seriously. As my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob…27 Mar 2023