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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Dame Sara, another thing that you mentioned is the consultation process. You had some concern that there had not been enough involvement with survivors or people with lived…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you very much.23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q We all want to see that happen, but we have different views about how we can do it and the other implications of various policies. Madeline Gleeson, for example, and others…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)One more question, Ms McDonagh?23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Dame Sara, have you anything to add? Dame Sara Thornton: Briefly. Siobhán has explained the issue of trauma, what we know about its impact on the brain, the way it affects…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. To push you a little, imagine that we lived in a country where things moved a bit more efficiently, there was not a 400-odd day wait and, generally speaking, these…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. In your correspondence with the Home Secretary you query the idea behind the Bill that deterrence is an effective strategy. You also express concern that differential…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q On a slightly different question, perhaps one area where we can all be fairly positive is clauses 1 to 8. This is about correcting historical unfairness in the nationality…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q Is it fair to say that there was a challenge within a few months that these places were essentially taken up pretty quickly and capacity was reached? George Brandis: What…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q But when was the last time anyone was sent to an offshore processing centre? Is it not years ago? George Brandis: Let me get that information for you—I cannot give you a date.…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you for giving up your time this morning, Mr Brandis. On the capacity of the offshore centres, am I right to say that it would be in the region of around 3,000 offshore…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Can I ask about the scope of the criminal offence created by the Bill for coming into the United Kingdom irregularly? The Government’s focus is on boats, but does that catch…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I thank the witnesses for their evidence so far. If I may start with Dame Sara, in answer to Holly Lynch’s questions earlier about clause 51 you expressed concern about the…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you, Ms McDonagh. I have just a couple more questions. Mr Charalambous was very comprehensive in his own questioning. Can I go back to the change to the standard of proof?…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q A final question: what are your thoughts and views on the proposals in the Bill to reduce the recovery period? Siobhán Mullally: Again, it is disappointing to see that reduction…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q Nobody wants to see thousands of people drown. What we are challenging is whether or not the policy of offshoring people in particular conditions had anything to do with that,…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)You have given your analysis of that. Obviously others disagree.23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q In essence, the only part of the asylum system that would be left would be people who happened to be in this country and there was a dramatic change of circumstances in their…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q You have mentioned that a certain number of boats could not be turned back, because it would not have been safe to push them back. One of several issues with the pushback policy…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q But is that not more because it costs billions of dollars and subjects people to what many regard to be cruel and inhuman treatment? George Brandis: Sir, I am not going to…23 Sept 2021