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HANSARDRegulatory Divergence from the EU3. What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Welsh economy of regulatory divergence from the EU.26 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemDespite lots of competition, this pretend points-based system surely amounts to one of the most damaging, unimaginative and unpopular policy announcements made by a Home Secretary…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPublic Understanding of the LawUnderstanding of the law is vital for the rule of law, but as the president of the Law Society reminded us this week, in the light of the deportation rulings, so, too, is judicial…13 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandThat is a very interesting question, and I look forward to hearing the reasons offered by the UK Government. Hopefully, having listened today to the case that the Scottish…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandThis is a chicken and egg situation, and the right hon. Member has got it the wrong way around, if that is possible. The point is that all those papers and the MAC itself suggest…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI have two points to make on that. First, it is slightly rich of the Government to be hiding behind the MAC report, given that they have just sacked its chairman because it did…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandThere are different ways we could do this. I, for one, suggest that these people should be allowed a limited number of days working in other parts of the UK. A firm such as that…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI thank the hon. Lady for giving way, and I welcome her to her new role. I agree with much of what she says, apart from on this particular point. The whole idea is that the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI beg to move, That this House condemns the UK Government’s response to the Scottish Government’s publication of 27 January 2020, Migration: Helping Scotland Prosper, setting out…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI have not destroyed my own argument, because the parallel is with Ireland. The in-country checks would take place in those parts of the United Kingdom where people are not…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI shall come to that point later in my speech, if I may, but I can think of examples that are much closer to home than those that the hon. Gentleman has given. For instance, the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandMy hon. Friend is right, and the sooner that happens the better. So what do we seek to achieve through today’s debate? I have been in this place long enough to know that even in…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillIt is good to have the opportunity to take part in this debate. Of course we must pass this Bill, because the victims of the outrageous Windrush fiasco must be compensated, but it…10 Feb 2020HANSARDRefugees and Asylum Seekers: Family ReunionWhy do we not simply say unilaterally that we will continue to consider take charge requests on behalf of unaccompanied children from Europe? Why should children’s rights be…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillMy hon. Friend makes a perfectly valid point, and I fully support what she says about those individuals. That brings me nicely to the concluding part of my speech. The Secretary…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillAs I said at the outset, I welcome all the consultation that is happening. I also welcome the role that Martin Forde has played, but we do not have to simply take every chapter…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaI agree that it is hugely troubling that the lessons learned review has not yet been published. It is totally unacceptable that this charter flight could proceed before all the…10 Feb 2020HANSARDPrevent ProgrammeIs the Minister able to state unequivocally that the Ukrainian coat of arms will now be removed from this document?22 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe Government have previously disputed estimates from respected think-tanks that tens—probably hundreds—of thousands of European economic area nationals will fail to apply by the…22 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Human RightsI welcome the Attorney General back to his place on the Government Bench, but it was from the Back Benches, in February 2017, that he made a superb speech on the human rights of…16 Jan 2020