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HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingIt is important that we recognise what the United Kingdom is actually doing. The vast majority of those who arrive at Manston have literally had their life saved by the UK. The…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI have no reason to believe that the Home Secretary has misled the House. The Home Secretary was advised that we needed to procure more hotels, and we have procured more…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The work that has been done over the past year by this Government, supported by local authorities and tens of thousands of our fellow citizens,…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI, too, was disturbed to see images of the Stoke Rochford Hall Hotel, which is a luxurious setting and not the kind of hotel in which we want to see individuals being…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingMy hon. Friend is right that we have been debating the symptoms of the problem today, rather than the cause, which is the sheer quantity of individuals crossing the channel…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI have listened carefully to the arguments on both sides of that issue. I appreciate that colleagues will respectfully disagree with me, but it is extremely important that we do…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingMy hon. Friend has spoken on this on a number of occasions, and she draws on her own experience at the Home Office and elsewhere. She is right that modern slavery laws, while…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingWe should treat individuals coming to the UK with decency; those are our values. My hon. Friend is right to say that the standard to which we look after those arriving on our…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingThe hon. Gentleman is right. My first priority was to ensure that the Manston site was operating legally and appropriately, which meant that the Home Office had to procure…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingWe will do everything in our power to protect our borders. I have already set out that we will do that on a number of fronts, including through law enforcement and robustly…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingThe Government’s objective is to ensure that nobody stays at Manston for more than 24 hours, but we have to balance up competing legal duties. We also have to be cognisant of the…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingMy hon. Friend and I have spent many happy hours in Stocksbridge and I want to see the Government investing even more in her community. She is right to say that it is an…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingAs I said in answer to an earlier question, we are working hard now to accelerate decision making so that individuals can either be granted asylum or be removed from the country.…07 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Matt Warman) for securing this important debate, and all…02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasI will happily add that to the list of homework for my officials after the debate. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness for securing this important debate,…02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. It really is a matter for the Department of Health and Social Care. I do not want to stray too far into policy questions that are…02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasFor a long time I have believed that one of the virtues of a national health service is that it should be able to plan for its workforce needs long into the future. My hon. Friend…02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasThe hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. Of course, one could apply that to a number of other regulated professions, whether that be lawyers, nurses or others making significant…02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Doctors: VisasOf course, adults who come to the UK on the Homes for Ukraine scheme have the right to work, and we actively encourage them to do so while they are here. There has also been an…02 Nov 2022HANSARD Cross-Channel Migrants: Manston FacilityI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for her kind words about my appointment. I was honoured to be appointed by the Prime Minister 48 hours ago to help my right hon. Friend the…27 Oct 2022