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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am pleased to start with some very good news indeed: one of the heroes of the Huntingdon attack, Samir Zitouni, the member of the train’s crew who risked his own life to save…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyWe will bring forward legislation in the next Session on the specific ways that we will deal with the application of article 8 to immigration cases, and on updating our…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI thank my hon. Friend for her question. The whole purpose of the new safe and legal routes is that those individuals are accepted as refugees before they enter the United…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI have a lot of time and high regard for my hon. Friend. What I would say is that he should not allow mischief making by those he names to throw him or our party off course, and I…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI urge my hon. Friend to look at the proposals on protection work and study and on safe and legal routes. It is right that we try to pivot to a more humane system that privileges…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyLet me assure the hon. Member that I am making changes that I will ensure will work. I make no apology for disincentivising routes into this country that basically make people…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI look forward to welcoming the hon. Member’s application to join immigration enforcement. If he wants to write to me about that specific example, I will look into it. I know that…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyWe are already supposed to do safe country reviews, and we will ensure that they are done every two-and-a-half years. We will also ensure that wherever possible refugees can move…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I endorse every word that she said.17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI do believe it complies with those principles. At the moment at the end of the five years there is already supposed to be a safe country review. We will bring that forward and…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI thank my hon. Friend for her question. Countries across Europe are tightening up their rules, and it is important that we do not become or remain an outlier. In fact, it is a…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyWe already do safe country reviews, and we would seek to continue that. Those reviews, and our position on different countries, are publicly available; in fact, most pass through…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyAll the measures in the asylum policy statement are compliant with the Windsor framework.17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI will clarify a point of fact. The hon. Member said that I describe myself as a child of immigrants. It is not a description; it is just a statement of fact. Everything else she…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyThe Government always play their full part in peace processes wherever we can, and we have put our shoulder to the wheel on the delicate diplomatic efforts required to bring…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI absolutely agree about the contribution that migrants and refugees make to our country. I am making these reforms precisely because I can see a broken system that is creating…17 Nov 2025HANSARDChannel CrossingsThe hon. Gentleman should wait for the statement later today. The assumptions made by the National Audit Office in its projections are based on the current policy environment,…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum HotelsI recognise the huge pressure that asylum hotels have placed on communities. This Government are committed to exiting asylum hotels by the end of the Parliament. We have already…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI can assure the right hon. Gentleman that the Minister for Immigration has met his counterparts in the devolved Administrations. We will keep all those conversations going,…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyNot for the first time, I am a little mystified as to what the right hon. Gentleman is talking about. He starts with the global context. I guess my starting point is different…17 Nov 2025