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HANSARD 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) 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) 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 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyIn January 2023, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton—prior to his appointment as Foreign Secretary, of course—went to Sri Lanka to drum up investment for Port City Colombo, which is a…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will give way one more time.18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI apologise; I should have said “home country.” I would like to correct the record. It was “home country”. Apologies; I mis-spoke. Labour’s common-sense, pragmatic plan will smash…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend has done his maths on the £2 million. I particularly enjoyed his analogy with the Virgin Galactic spacecraft, which shows that the Rwanda plan is a galactically…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The scope of Lords amendment 10 is specifically for those who served shoulder to shoulder with our armed forces and in our diplomatic and…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI rise to speak in favour of all 10 of the Lords amendments that are before us today. They each serve to make this shambolic mess of a Bill marginally less absurd and, as I will…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe amendment is about stopping them being sent to Rwanda, but let us be absolutely clear: there are many, many Afghans, identified by the Government under the Afghan relocations…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWe will eradicate the activity of the criminal smuggler gangs by having a proper security partnership with our European partners and allies. I remind the hon. Gentleman that his…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI would remind the hon. Gentleman that the Supreme Court—the highest court of our land —has ruled unanimously and in no uncertain terms that Rwanda is not a safe country to which…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am very sorry, but would the hon. Member mind repeating that?18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAs I have already said—I do not know if the hon. Member was listening—this is about repurposing the vast quantities of taxpayers’ money that are being squandered on the…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. He makes the case with passion and conviction. I know that he has a number of asylum seekers and refugees in his constituency…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but at the end of the day, we cannot legislate to turn dogs into cats. We cannot legislate for the sky to be green and the grass…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. If the amount of time and energy that has been wasted on this madcap Bill, which is also a constitutional outrage, unaffordable, unlawful and…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI agree with my hon. Friend, who makes a very clear case. A lot of rhetoric has accompanied the Bill around the European convention on human rights and the United Kingdom’s…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIf that is the case, why will Ministers not accept the amendment? Those in the other place, who have a great deal more constitutional expertise than I have, are simply seeking…18 Mar 2024