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HANSARD Pakistan: Evacuation of AfghansWe owe many Afghans a debt of gratitude for supporting British aims in Afghanistan. In the summer and autumn of 2021, the UK Government rightly promised to honour that debt by…08 Nov 2023HANSARDBritish SteelLast Wednesday morning, Tata Steel executives in Port Talbot summoned the workforce to tell them of the plan to shut down our entire virgin steel making capability by March 2024.…08 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. At the time of the last election, the asylum backlog had already spiralled under Conservative mismanagement, but the…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to raise a point of order on the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) in the statement.…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Green Energy: PortsThank you, Mrs Cummins. I will try to pick up where I left off. On the planning side, the Government need to find a solution to the national grid’s capacity issues. The National…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Green Energy: PortsI am sure that the Minister is absolutely delighted that the voting interruption has given us some additional time. He was talking about floating offshore wind infrastructure. I…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Green Energy: Portsrose—18 Oct 2023HANSARD Green Energy: PortsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Cummins. I thank the right hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) for securing this vital debate. It has been a…18 Oct 2023HANSARDRefugee and Asylum Seeker AccommodationIt has been more than a month since all 39 asylum seekers were hauled off the 500-capacity Bibby Stockholm because of the detection of legionella, but the Home Secretary is yet to…18 Sept 2023HANSARD Tata Steel: Port TalbotWhen all is said and done, the purpose of the deal should have been to protect the current order book and to prepare us for the opportunities of the future. All investment is…18 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ10. Steel- workers in my constituency have watched in frustration as other Governments have pumped investment into decarbonisation while successive Tory Governments have sat on…06 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement, thin though it is, and I echo his sentiments in sending condolences to the families of those six people who died…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillOn Tuesday, I described the way in which this Government have “taken a sledgehammer to our asylum system”. —[ Official Report , 11 July 2023; Vol. 736, c. 218.] I outlined the…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman. As he rightly points out, the key point is that these people are already fleeing desperate situations and have risked life and limb to get as far…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI suppose the answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question is that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck, and the Rwanda plan is so clearly and utterly…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillNo. Well, there we have it. This whole sorry episode really was a new low for this Minister and for the shameful, callous Government he represents. We also support Lords amendment…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillIt beggars belief that the Immigration Minister says that, when he speaks for a party that has allowed our backlog to get to 180,000, costing £7 million a day in hotels. He should…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThe Minister is talking absolute nonsense. I am proud of the fact we have many Syrians in our constituency. We have Ukrainians in our welcome centre. Discussions are ongoing…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend. There are real concerns about the safety and security of those Afghans now in Pakistan. It is possible that they will be sent back. It is…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that the only people who benefit from the small boat crossings are the people smugglers and human traffickers—that has to be brought to an…17 Jul 2023