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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a valid point about the important role that local authorities play. Will he therefore be supporting our new clause 27 when we put it to the vote this…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI do not know how many negotiations the hon. Lady has been in, but people do not generally go into negotiations by putting all their cards face up on the table. It is absolutely…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. She points to a broader failing, and to a clear indication of the shambles and chaos that we have within the broader asylum system. The backlog…27 Mar 2023HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On 13 December, in response to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) regarding the size of the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIt may have escaped the hon. Gentleman’s notice that when the botched Brexit negotiations took place we left the Dublin convention, which is crucial for returns. We have to find a…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillYes, we do support a capped scheme for safe and legal routes, and it has to be based on prioritisation according to, for example, high grant rate countries and family reunions.…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Member is absolutely right. The performance on the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme has been abject. Under pathway 2 of that scheme, 22 Afghans have come over in the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThat is one of the many myths that the Conservatives peddle—my right hon. Friend is absolutely right—and those myths need to be debunked. It is absolutely clear that the small…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend makes an absolutely valid point about the lack of an impact assessment for children, but there is a broader point about the lack of impact assessment full stop. It…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank the Minister very much for giving way. He will recall that, at the beginning of the debate, I raised a point of order about the fact that he, on 19 December, said that…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billrose —27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billrose —27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe right hon. Gentleman is making good points about local authority consultation. Will he therefore support new clause 27 tomorrow, which would make it a legal requirement for…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs I have just said, we support clause 51; I do not know whether the hon. Lady was listening. We support the idea of safe and legal routes that are capped. What she needs to…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOf course, the Ukraine scheme, the British national overseas scheme and the Afghan scheme—when it used to work—are very welcome; there is no debate about that. But I do not know…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI think I was crystal clear that we oppose the Bill. It will be entirely counterproductive and make all the challenges that we face worse. Labour Members believe in supporting…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am going to make some progress. A range of proposals have been put forward, including by my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake), who has a record of huge…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI start by reiterating the point that I made in closing the debate on Second Reading: we on the Labour Benches are absolutely clear that we must bring the dangerous channel…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesI am honoured to be the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for steel and metal related industries, and I thank the Secretary of State to agreeing to come and meet us—I am…23 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI thank the Secretary of State for giving way; he is being very generous. He talks about the importance of jobs and energy-intensive industries. Is he aware that Labour has…21 Mar 2023