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HANSARDKnowsley IncidentI have spoken on a number of occasions in recent days to Home Office officials, the national police co-ordination centre and operational policing colleagues. They are monitoring…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentAs I have said, we are pursuing a strategy of replacing hotels with dispersal accommodation, which is agreed constructively between the Home Office, providers and local…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentWe have safeguarding procedures in place to support people going into the hotels and the staff who work in them. The hon. Lady’s broader point was about the backlog. As I said…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentThe Home Secretary was very clear that the violence we saw in Knowsley on 10 February was completely unacceptable, and she stands squarely with the brave officers from Merseyside…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentI hope that when the history books are written about this Government, people will point to some of the fantastic schemes that we have created and that have commanded such broad…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentI am proud that the United Kingdom is one of the most generous and welcoming countries in the world. Since 2015, 440,000 people have come to our country on humanitarian grounds,…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentWe take our responsibilities to those in our care extremely seriously. While there will of course be occasions when we fall below the standards that we would expect, and we should…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentIt is disappointing that the hon. Lady attempts to draw conclusions from these events with respect to Prevent. The Government have been very clear: extremism of any kind, whether…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentNo, I do not. William Shawcross conducted a very rigorous review over a long period of time which looked at the facts, and the facts are that there is extremism and violence in…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentI think the right hon. Gentleman has answered his own question, in that some of this content is vile and quite probably criminal, and in those instances the police should take…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentIt is absolutely right that, as a deterrent, we increase the number of illegal migrants removed from this country, so that it is clear that anyone who comes here in breach of our…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentWe are monitoring the activities, as it so happens, of a small number of legal practitioners, but it is not appropriate for me to discuss that here. The wider point I was making…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentMy hon. Friend has been an assiduous champion of his community and he wants his hotels back and to be put to good use, for the benefit of the local economy, for tourists and for…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentShortly after taking up this role, I changed the Home Office’s engagement procedures to ensure that when accommodation is stood up, unless it is a grave emergency or we are…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We passed that Act, which was opposed by the Labour party, and we are implementing every measure in it as swiftly as possible. Many of those…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentThe backlog is a contributing factor; it was a contributing factor when we came to power in 2010 and found a backlog of 500,000 cases, three times more than the level today.…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentI know my hon. Friend’s constituents are frustrated by the use of hotels in Skegness—as are we in Government—and want to see action to tackle the small boats issue. They want to…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentIt is not the backlog; that is a fantasy. The way to tackle this issue is not by making the UK a more attractive destination, but by tackling the illegal gangs and changing the…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentWe are working closely with the social media companies, and in fact are stepping up that activity. We supported a recent proposal to amend the Online Safety Bill by putting extra…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentI agree that we need to ensure that the operational side of the Home Office performs, but there is no easy way to build our way out of this problem; we have to stop people…20 Feb 2023