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HANSARDIllegal 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 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 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 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 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 BillWe are introducing the Bill today and we hope that the parliamentary authorities will allow us to move swiftly on its progress. We want to start scrutinising and voting on the…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 BillThe hon. Member’s so-called absurd claim is actually backed up by the United Nations. More importantly, it is frankly naive to suggest that everybody coming here on a boat is a…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAside from humanitarian routes into this country, we also have an extensive points-based system, which we developed post Brexit. Thanks to our freedom on migration, we have issued…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillTackling the criminal gangs at the root of this problem is absolutely essential. That is why we have increased our funding to the NCA to ensure that there is better…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 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 BillMy hon. Friend is right to highlight concerns about the process to which we have been subject from Strasbourg. That is why there is a clause in the Bill relating to rule 39, and…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe reality is that we have developed much closer co-operation with our French partners on this very issue. That is why I am pleased that we struck a good deal with them at the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDHome Office Funding 2022-23The Home Office net cash requirement for the year exceeds that provided by the main estimate 2022-23 and is within that provided by the supplementary estimate to support related…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe reality is that we need to all work together now to find a pragmatic, compassionate and fair solution to this problem. That is why I have introduced these measures today and…07 Mar 2023HANSARDReport of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on the operation in 2021 of the TerrorisJonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, has prepared a report on the operation of the Terrorism Acts in 2021. In accordance with section 36(5) of the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAll the Scottish National party can point to is a track record of failure when it comes to discharging its humanitarian duties to asylum seekers. It totally failed to support…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillFundamentally, these are human-itarian measures that we are bringing forward with precisely the goal my hon. Friend sets out. We need to stop people dying in the channel. We need…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI refer the hon. and learned Lady to her comments on the Rwanda partnership about a year ago. Many people here denounced it as unlawful, cruel and illegitimate, yet not very long…07 Mar 2023