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HANSARDLeaving the EU: Departmental Priorities9. What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his departmental priorities of the UK leaving the EU.12 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Departmental PrioritiesIn recent years, 15 German nationals have been extradited from Germany to the United Kingdom, including for some very serious offences, but last month that country made it clear…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU10. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on his Office’s priorities.07 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUWill the Attorney General therefore confirm whether or not he provided any legal advice to the Department for Transport in relation to that contract and settlement with…07 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)I was going to speak to new clause 43, which covers largely the same ground as new clause 13. The latter clause is probably better drafted, and the hon. Lady has given a…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Ninth sitting)That argument was made by successive Ministers, but the idea that there is no indefinite detention because Home Office guidance says somebody cannot be detained forever is…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Ninth sitting)It is good to see you in the Chair again, Mr Stringer. I have spoken many times about immigration detention. I will essentially echo all the shadow Minister’s points, so I will be…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Ninth sitting)Surely it is unfair to characterise the 96 hours as a time limit. It is simply a deadline within which there should be a bail hearing. I do not see how anyone can argue, if they…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)The incentive is there because, in order to be able to work, rent and access services, people will need to have a document that proves they have settled status. Can the Minister…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)I give my support to the new clauses tabled by the hon. Members for Manchester, Gorton and for Sheffield Central, who made a lot of excellent points, including about the need or…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)It does not make it one iota more difficult for people to prove their status, because they will be using the same scheme. The only difference a declaratory system makes is that on…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)The Minister is not addressing the point I am making; in fact, she is almost making contradictory arguments—that this will reduce the incentive to apply and create difficulties in…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)That is the critical difference between the two proposals. Under the Government’s current proposals, at that critical moment these people will have no status, and—despite vague…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)There are some valid points in what the Minister says, but surely there is a compromise here. Could there not be the online system but some sort of physical document parallel to…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)All this was a good few years before the Minister’s time in office, but was one of the fundamental problems here that the big multinational company responsible for messing up the…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)It was a fraud, absolutely. It was far too easy to perpetrate. People employed by that company or at least subcontracted further down the line by that company were assisting…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)Let me say at the outset that I am stepping somewhat outside my comfort zone in discussing automated data checks, so I am grateful for the assistance provided by the Immigration…05 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Tenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for her detailed answers, and particularly the undertaking to publish the MOU. I obviously need to take all that away and give it further thought,…05 Mar 2019