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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThere is not a huge amount more to be said about this sham, this con of a Bill, that has not already been said. The plan is as unworkable as it is unaffordable. That is why Labour…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend is right: the test of such a policy is whether it will work as a deterrent. When we are dealing with people who have risked life and limb to cross continents, they…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about that, although I had forgotten chapter 562 in this never-ending story. My recollection is that the Prime Minister was then slapped down by…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will advise the other place to do what it is doing, as a revising Chamber: standing up for its constitutional obligations to look at every piece of legislation that we send to…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI agree with my hon. Friend. One reason we are seeing such a strong pushback from the other place is precisely that its Members are deeply uncomfortable with trying to make…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillFor several months now, the Prime Minister has been ferociously attacking their lordships in the other place simply for doing their constitutional duty by seeking to revise and…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I am very glad that he asks about what has happened in the past decade. Let us not forget that, just six years ago, 11 refugees were…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe whole point of this is that we do not have a crystal ball. The evidence of what happened six years ago should clearly give us some cause for concern. All that this amendment…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt was not just one refugee; many refugees are taken from Rwanda by this country, which begs the question how safe Rwanda can be. All that the amendment would do is trust but…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituents who live on the Abbottsmoor estate in Port Talbot are locked into paying unjustified and extortionate ground rent fees and charges for poor maintenance. Will the…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI would welcome the hon. Member’s comments on that point.22 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is for the simple reason that we want to put in the Bill an articulation of what has already been said by Ministers from the Dispatch Box. We feel that it is extremely…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am pleased the right hon. Gentleman has asked me that question, as we often get this point about returns from Conservative Members. What I find fascinating is that, when we look…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe key point is that, under the last Labour Government, returns were working. A part of that, I suspect, is based on proper, adult, grown-ups in the room having proper, adult,…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the noble Lords in the other place for all the hard work they have done in trying to amend the Bill, which is quite frankly a sham and a con. I would like to highlight the…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillLectures about flogging dead horses in the context of a debate about Rwanda really is quite extraordinary, because if we wanted a definition of a dead horse, it is this policy.…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend is right that so many practical, pragmatic and sensible measures could be taken to deal with the crisis in the channel—the Tory small boats chaos—but instead of…15 Apr 2024HANSARDReturning Illegal Migrants to their Home CountryUnder successive Conservative Governments since 2010, returns of failed asylum seekers have collapsed by 44%, and returns of foreign national offenders have fallen by almost 30%…15 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillA number of people who served the British defence, development and diplomatic effort have been identified for resettlement, so they should be resettled in the United Kingdom. Let…15 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThere is a clear choice between the common sense, hard graft and positive international co-operation set out in Labour’s plan to deal with this issue, and the headline-chasing…15 Apr 2024