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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIf we go down the path of comparing backlogs, the Labour party will be found wanting. The backlog with which we are dealing bears no comparison whatsoever with what the Labour…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillGetting into a flimsy dinghy wearing a thin polystyrene excuse for a life jacket, paying thousands of pounds, breaking our laws and putting one’s life at risk is not the way to…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillFar from scapegoating the vulnerable, this is about protecting the vulnerable. This is about empowering our authorities properly to support genuine victims of modern slavery. This…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThis is about our humanitarian approach, but it is also about fairness. My hon. Friend is right—the British people’s famous sense of fair play and generosity has been tested…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend speaks a lot of sense. The British people did not vote for 40,000 people to arrive here on small boats. They did not vote for our immigration laws to be broken.…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend is right. We are at unsustainable levels of people coming here illegally. It is putting unsustainable pressure on our accommodation, our public services and our…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs we saw last year, the fact that the Strasbourg Court issued a rule 39 order pursuant to an opaque process in which the UK was not represented was deeply regrettable. We are…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOur 10-point plan has many elements. We need to introduce legislation to stop the boats coming in the first place. We then need to bear down on our asylum backlog, so that the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It used to take 100 days to consider a modern slavery claim. It now takes more than 500 days, because there has been a massive influx of people…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillForgive me, but that question displays the Labour party’s naivety and lack of realism. It is not right to say that everyone coming here is doing so for genuine asylum or…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe community sponsorship scheme is a good scheme that enables the settlement of people who are seeking refuge in this country. My hon. Friend talks about activist lawyers. I will…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs I have mentioned quite a few times, but it bears repetition, we have been proud to welcome 20,000 people from Afghanistan who have fled the troubles and the Taliban. We have a…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI hope that the hon. Gentleman, on closer inspection of the Bill, will see what we have put forward. We will dramatically reduce the avenues and options for legal challenge, which…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend talks about pragmatism and fairness, and ultimately we are seeing a global migration crisis in which more than 100 million people will be displaced throughout the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Rwanda partnership has been tested rigorously in the High Court, which is why I welcome the judgment of senior judges, who upheld the partnership as being lawful and compliant…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Having safe and legal routes, capped and legitimised through a decision by Parliament, is the right way to support people seeking refuge…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Lady’s faux outrage is commendable, but the reality is that that is not borne out by the facts. We have accepted nearly 500,000 people through safe and legal routes for…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillDeterrence is a core aim of these measures. We need to send the message that, if someone comes here illegally on a boat, paying a people smuggler, they will not have an…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend is right, as usual. This is where those on the left just go wrong. They naively believe that everyone on a boat is always fleeing persecution, war and conflict. The…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe package of measures I have brought forward represents a humanitarian set of measures that will, above all, deter people from making a dangerous and sometimes fatal journey in…07 Mar 2023