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HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his powerful speech and for bringing this debate to the House. He has mentioned some of the local authorities that have stepped up to the plate…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsThe Minister says that it is right for Serco to act in that way given Lord Tyre’s judgment, but surely it would be right for Serco to wait for the outcome of the further appeal.…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsEven if some of these individuals have not qualified and have not met the technical definition of what a refugee is, that does not mean they are not vulnerable people, it does not…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsWill the Minister give way?27 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. I look forward to supporting his Adjournment debate on the issue tomorrow. I will shortly come to the asylum system as a whole, as it…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationDoes my hon. Friend agree that one huge problem that we now have, which we did not have in years gone by, is that there is no right of appeal against many such decisions?…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThe hon. Gentleman completely misrepresents the point the First Minister was making at that time. She is well known for being absolutely in favour of free movement, which would…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationWill the Minister give way?26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationWell, Mr Deputy Speaker, I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Will she address head-on the High Court decision that the right to rent scheme is causing terrible…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I think that all sensible people would be behind the arguments I am making. The other point about reducing the threshold is that it…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThe hon. Lady makes an interesting point. I do not know whether she is planning to contribute to the debate; if so, she can speak more about that. Thirdly, our immigration…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationEvery individual must make their own call about whether they want to apply. I, for one, would certainly encourage all my constituents and all the EU nationals watching this to…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I commend the work that his Committee has done in this area. It would be useful if the Home Office paid close heed to it. I have…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationMy hon. Friend makes a very valid point. The Government have shown such a tin ear to calls from across the House to implement a new seasonal agricultural workers scheme. Our…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThere should indeed be wholescale reform of the visit visas and related decision-making processes. Families find themselves in a particularly horrendous position because the…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationMy hon. Friend’s point speaks for itself. That is truly abhorrent. The Prime Minister’s explicit and almost dystopian goal was to create the hostile environment, as if we can…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThe hon. Gentleman makes a fair enough point, but the Home Office still has to do more to make the EU settlement scheme as accessible as possible. I will return to these points in…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI wholeheartedly agree; I know the hon. Lady has tabled an amendment to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill on that subject, as we did during…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI agree wholeheartedly. I will come shortly to the issue of the 3 million EU citizens in the UK and how we risk repeating some of the mistakes that were made when the Windrush…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI beg to move, That this House regrets that the outgoing Prime Minister’s legacy will be her hostile environment policy and her unrealistic and damaging net migration target;…26 Jun 2019