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HANSARD Protest PolicingFirst, on the European convention on human rights, the right hon. Gentleman is right that articles 9 to 11 are relevant to the matters we are discussing. However, those are…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on public order. The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has requested a prohibition on processions…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingWe already have strong laws and other measures in this country on inciting violence, and I would expect the police to always bring the full force of the law on anybody found to be…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingEach case has to be dealt with on its own facts. The “Unite the Kingdom” march was very large. The police did not seek this power because, based on their own risk assessment, they…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingI thank the shadow Home Secretary for his comments and his questions. He began by talking about some of the unacceptable acts of violence and incitement to violence that have…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingThe Charity Commission has powers to launch its own inquiries and enforce compliance. It has a full suite of powers to take action if it thinks someone has fallen outside of our…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingI have to say that the hon. Gentleman’s opening remarks were rather disappointing. Let me remind him of what I have actually said and done in relation to the right to protest. I…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingI will bank the fact that the hon. Gentleman agrees with my instincts on this one—perhaps I am not so authoritarian after all. He raises a more serious point about dissidents. We…11 Mar 2026HANSARDMigration ReformI am today laying before the House a statement of changes in immigration rules. Introduction of the visa brake The number of asylum claims from people who arrived in the UK on a…05 Mar 2026HANSARDAsylum ChangesThis country will always provide sanctuary to those fleeing war and persecution. But we must also ensure our asylum system is not creating pull factors that draw people on…02 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted that town centre crime has fallen by 15% in my hon. Friend’s constituency. It has fallen in many towns across the land since this Government came to power—not just…09 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThese are the right reforms. We have set out our proposals for an earned settlement scheme, and they are being consulted on. That consultation closes in a matter of days, and the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDAsylum Seekers: HotelsAsylum hotels were a legacy of the last Conservative Government—at their peak, there were 400 open across the country, as asylum case working had ground to a halt. We have already…09 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me condemn in the strongest possible terms all the antisemitic incidents that the hon. Gentleman has highlighted in his question. This Government will not stand for any…09 Feb 2026HANSARDIllegal Migrants: Pull FactorsI can give my hon. Friend that reassurance. Illegal working undermines honest employers, undercuts local wages and fuels organised immigration crime, and this Government will not…09 Feb 2026HANSARDIllegal Migrants: Pull FactorsWith asylum claims falling in Europe and rising here, we must reduce the incentives that pull people here. The permanence of refugee status in this country is clearly a pull…09 Feb 2026HANSARDAsylum Seekers: HotelsThere are no easy options having inherited a broken asylum system and in which there are asylum hotels, which were opened by the Conservative party, in operation across the whole…09 Feb 2026HANSARDAsylum Seekers: HotelsAsylum claims are being processed at the fastest rate for 20 years, so we are moving very quickly to deal with those claims. As I am sure the hon. Lady knows, though, many of…09 Feb 2026HANSARDIllegal Migrants: Pull FactorsI gently say to the right hon. Gentleman that I am always willing to listen to advice, wherever it may come from, but I point out that in 14 years under his party in government,…09 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are already taking action. We will go much further, and we will not stop until we have restored order to our border.09 Feb 2026