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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I would just gently say that the response is slightly tone deaf. First, the Migration Advisory Committee has asked the Government to revisit the financial thresholds the Minister…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I welcome the Minister back to his place. I do not follow the logic of the new clause at all. If somebody is trying to play the system—and I do not like talking in those…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his answers. He is certainly candid, as he has been throughout Committee proceedings. I am bitterly disappointed about the answer in relation to…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)First, that was not a fair interpretation of the new clause: it was certainly not advocating for an unlimited number of people to have access to that route. Nevertheless, it is…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 53 is really just to probe the Government on a new issue that has started to arise this year: the significant…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I appreciate that the issue of safe routes has been explored fairly extensively already today, but I just want to make a…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for that response. I will have a look through everything that has been said and consider whether any follow-up is necessary. In the meantime, I beg…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I am not entirely surprised that the Minister’s first point is about the lack of any limit. Would the new clause be more amenable to him if there was a limit on the degree of…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I suggest the Minister goes away and does some investigations into just how frequently these types of application are granted. My recollection is that some of the thresholds are…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This is the final new clause. On that note, I should start by thanking all the organisations that have been incredibly…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I want to say a few words in support of the amendments, which have the SNP’s full support. Currently, while someone might be in limbo for a long time, they are more secure the day…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I do not want to make life difficult for the Minister, because I know he is in a very difficult situation, but the point is that it will not happen on a case-by-case basis,…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)That wording is absolutely right. It is possible for the recovery period to be withheld, but the convention absolutely does not allow for a decision to be made on public order…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I rise to support the amendment and to make the case for the removal of the clause. The amendment is absolutely right, and excluding any survivors, especially children, from the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I put to the hon. Gentleman the suggestion I made towards the end of my contribution: that he reverses the situation so that the presumption is that somebody does need an…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I support the amendment and join the calls for the clause not to stand part of the Bill. I very much echo the comments of the shadow Minister. Like her, and as on previous…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for his answer. I have made the point I need to make, which is that it is not appropriate to leave it to regulations to define these two fundamental concepts.…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will be brief, because I fully endorse what the shadow Minister has said. I absolutely welcome the fact that the measure will be in statute, but I share her concern and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Sir Roger. Last week, I was speculating about how long the Immigration Minister might be in post, but I was still shocked.…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 176, in clause 48, page 43, line 17, leave out subsection (7). Under this amendment and the corresponding amendment to clause 57, the Secretary of State…02 Nov 2021