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HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillWill the Minister give way?25 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillIs not the point of judicial review to make sure the Government comply with the rules and restrictions set by Parliament? Restrictions on judicial review allow the Government to…25 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Boat Channel CrossingsThat answer was about as convincing as the Prime Minister’s apology. The Home Secretary has quite a nerve to talk about political gimmicks, given that she is the first person to…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityI thank you for your letter, Mr Speaker, and the Home Secretary for advance sight of her statement. I join her in paying tribute to the work of our security and intelligence…17 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Boat Channel CrossingsI wholeheartedly endorse the Home Secretary’s comments about the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington. The Home Secretary should have pointed out that, unlike the endless Downing…17 Jan 2022HANSARDWithdrawal from Afghanistan: InquiryI have no doubt that that Committee is doing a very find job indeed, but surely the damning evidence that it has received makes a full independent inquiry all the more important,…10 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. We now know that on 25 October, the RAF carried out a targeted drone killing in Syria. Is that not a major shift in policy? Why was Parliament not informed? When will the…10 Jan 2022HANSARDWithdrawal from Afghanistan: Inquiry7. If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning an inquiry into the UK’s withdrawal of personnel from Afghanistan under Operation Pitting.10 Jan 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWill the Minister give way?08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate and to follow the hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire (Richard Fuller). Yesterday we badly damaged the UK’s reputation for…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI fully endorse what my hon. Friend says. We will continue to make the case against this Bill, although we all know that that case will be rejected. People who are watching will…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillVery briefly.07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillRather than fixing the broken asylum system, the provisions in this part of the Bill risk breaking it all together, endangering, criminalising, delaying, warehousing, offshoring…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am grateful to my hon. and learned Friend for her intervention, and I am happy to confirm that the SNP will support them. Indeed, there are a range of new clauses from both…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe evidence about how disgraceful the Australian system was is overwhelming. My hon. Friend adds helpfully to that. Despite all that, our Syrian, Afghan and Uyghur will almost…07 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyI thank the Minister for his statement and his letter, and of course we all desperately want to see the consumption of drugs and the devastation he referred to tackled urgently.…06 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I am grateful to the Minister for setting out the background to the order and explaining a little about the…01 Dec 2021HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsNobody wants to see people risking their lives in crossing the channel, but it is time for the Government to swap sensationalist rhetoric and barbaric Bills for evidence-based…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationThat is one of the most outrageous answers that this incredible Home Secretary has ever given. Every single local authority in Scotland is anxious to play its part in resettling…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationWe agree that hotel use should end, but we should go back to the community dispersal of asylum seekers throughout the country. We need to ditch this ludicrous and dangerous idea…22 Nov 2021