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HANSARDDraft Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the Minister for her statement. I want to make a couple of short comments. It is important that we do not underestimate the significance of these proceedings. We are,…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThree extra sitting days for private Member’s Bills are welcome, but when will we see the necessary money resolution for the Refugees (Family Reunion) (No. 2) Bill that was…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend is spot on, I will come to the particular importance of the free movement of people for Scotland in a little while. The other advantage that retaining free movement…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am happy to support my hon. Friend in that call. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry), he makes an important argument about…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillWhat I did not do in my speech was to set out alternative ways of addressing some of the concerns that the right hon. Gentleman is raising, such as by investing in public services…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI saw my hon. Friend’s question to the Prime Minister and it gave yet another horrendous example of the types of family these immigration rules are splitting apart. Some 40% of…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and the UK is once more an outlier in terms of the refugee family reunion rules it has in place. Sadly, the Bill does not mention asylum at…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend is spot on. So much of this is about immigration theatre; it is about the politics of immigration and being seen not to stand up to those who are…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI absolutely agree. We could spend many hours debating, and highlighting the flaws of, so many of the features of the family migration rules. Another is the fact that this…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; the Bill will catch hundreds of thousands of people into one of the most horrible bureaucracies that the Government have managed to create, and…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThat is a fair point. That is the Surinder Singh route, and we still need clarity from the Government about what happens to people in that position. One part of UK immigration…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThe hon. Gentleman is spot on, and I shall come on to that point in a minute. It is premature, because it is tying Parliament’s hand on not just the future relationship, but the…28 Jan 2019HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund2. What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the UK shared prosperity fund.28 Jan 2019HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundOn 15 November, we were promised details of the replacement for EU structural funds, but more than two months on, groups across the country still have no idea what funding will be…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillIt is always nice to start with a note of consensus, so let me say that I agree that we need an immigration Bill and I welcome the one solitary clause in relation to Irish…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThere is absolutely no need for indefinite detention and the fact that we are the only country in Europe that has to have it shows that every other country manages perfectly well…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European Unionrose —21 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionA very popular choice, Mr Speaker. Thank you very much. Scrapping the settled status fee is indeed a welcome step, but if the Prime Minister is not going to follow the advice of…21 Jan 2019HANSARDImmigrationTens of thousands of families have been split by the Prime Minister’s draconian anti-family immigration rules. How many more families will be destroyed by the Home Secretary’s…21 Jan 2019HANSARDEurojustIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ryan. I, too, 100% welcome the Government’s decision to opt into Eurojust, but I have a couple of quick questions. The first…14 Jan 2019