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HANSARDImmigrationI can tell my hon. Friend that, first, the pilot will test the effectiveness of our immigration system, alleviating seasonal labour shortages during peak periods of production…21 Jan 2019HANSARDImmigrationI understand the importance of the fresh food industry to my hon. Friend’s constituency. We are piloting a scheme to bring in workers from outside the EU to work in this industry,…21 Jan 2019HANSARDImmigrationMy hon. Friend is right to raise that issue. He may know that we made our visa offer for academics even more generous last year. Those changes have been warmly welcomed by the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDImmigrationMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the opportunities that Brexit will bring for certain industries. I can assure him that the immigration White Paper does contain proposals to…21 Jan 2019HANSARDSecurity Agreements: European UnionThe Government have suggested to the EU—if the deal gets through Parliament, this is what will be looked at—having an internal security treaty between the UK and the EU because,…21 Jan 2019HANSARDSecurity Agreements: European UnionI agree with the right hon. Gentleman that those databases are important, which is why it is very good that we have an agreement in the political declaration to consider how we…21 Jan 2019HANSARDSecurity Agreements: European UnionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. We have started to deploy aerial surveillance of the English channel since I declared a major incident. While we await the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDSecurity Agreements: European UnionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the importance of the security relationship we have with many other countries, including, of course, with our “Five Eyes”…21 Jan 2019HANSARDSecurity Agreements: European UnionI have regular conversations with Cabinet colleagues on a range of matters. The deal that the House considered last week confirmed the commitment of the UK and the EU to a new…21 Jan 2019HANSARDSecurity Agreements: European UnionThe right hon. Lady will know that paragraph 87 of the political declaration talks about how the UK and our EU partners will work together to consider continuing arrangements for…21 Jan 2019HANSARDSecurity Agreements: European UnionSecurity is an absolute priority for the Home Office, which is why it should come as no surprise to the House that all capabilities on which the UK would wish to co-operate with…21 Jan 2019HANSARDSecurity Agreements: European UnionI read the intervention carefully a week ago. Although I have huge respect for those two individuals and listen to them on many issues, I think that they are completely wrong in…21 Jan 2019HANSARDImmigrationOn 19 December last year, the Government published a White Paper that set out our principles and plans for a future skills-based immigration system. The future system will focus…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government have made it absolutely clear that we welcome all EU citizens who have made their homes here and have contributed so much to our nation. We want to have a scheme in…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will know that action is required on many fronts to fight the rise in serious violence, and that is why we have our serious violence strategy, which includes more…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to make sure that police forces across the country, including West Yorkshire, have the resources that they need to deal with this priority. I am sure that the hon. Lady…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise this. A cross-Government approach is looking at safeguarding our telecoms networks. It would be inappropriate for me to mention any particular…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have listened carefully to what my hon. Friend said. The resources and the settlement that has been announced, with the additional almost £1 billion for police forces in England…21 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActWhat the hon. Gentleman has highlighted is that, because we are leaving the EU, we can actually contemplate for the first time having our own trade deals with other countries, in…11 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI was here in the Chamber yesterday at the moment to which the hon. Gentleman refers, and I do not recognise that description at all. What I do recognise is that over a number of…11 Jan 2019