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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that the smoke and mirrors that have been used about clearing the backlog—lots of administrative withdrawals and other ways of just getting…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for what he has said. What a contrast there is between his intervention and that of the hon. Member for Rother Valley (Alexander Stafford) from…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) 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 2024HANSARDAsylum and MigrationI thank the Backbench Business Committee for securing this important debate and pay tribute to the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee for her powerful opening speech and for the…14 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt has been widely reported that the taxpayer is having to pick up the tab for £15,000 of legal costs and damages incurred because of the actions of the Secretary of State for…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he think that it is extraordinary, given what happened after the so-called mini-Budget, that the Conservative party seems to…07 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIt has been reported that taxpayers have had to pick up a £15,000 bill due to the actions of the right hon. Member for Chippenham (Michelle Donelan), who is rapidly becoming known…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have repeatedly asked Ministers whether any strings were attached to the £500 million of taxpayers’ money that was given to Tata Steel, particularly with regard to job…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe Minister has not yet mentioned the Government’s damascene conversion on scrapping the loophole for non-doms, but there is a point here about what they could have generated. If…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a real pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame Morris). We on the Labour Benches talk a lot, and rightly so, about the Conservatives crashing our…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsAs the hon. Gentleman will be aware, I am an avid reader of the Chancellor’s emails to Conservative party members. He states: “We want a simpler, fairer tax system where you only…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget Resolutionsrose—07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is clear that the tax burden is actually the highest it has been in 70 years. The hon. Gentleman raised a point about national insurance contributions. I assume that he has…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?07 Mar 2024HANSARDLegal MigrationSince our last Home Office questions, the list of Government failures on immigration has continued to grow relentlessly: 30,000 asylum seekers stuck in limbo, unable to be…26 Feb 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: WalesOn a point of information, the multi-union plan is based on a 1.5 million tonne electric arc furnace. Nobody is denying that electric arc furnaces should not be in the mix. We…21 Feb 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: WalesMy hon. Friend is summarising the discussion extremely well. I declare an interest as a member of the transition board. During the board’s discussions, we talked about what the…21 Feb 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: WalesSurely when the Government entered into a negotiation with Tata Steel, which is highly experienced in the business of negotiation, they considered the possibility that a gun was…21 Feb 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: WalesThe Minister keeps saying that the blast furnaces—plural—are reaching the end of their lifespan. Yes, everybody agrees that blast furnace No. 5 is very close to the end of its…21 Feb 2024