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HANSARDPolice: Efficiency and ResourcingMy hon. Friend is right to highlight this issue. I want policing to be open to the best, the brightest and the bravest, and that does not always mean that new entrants need to…19 Dec 2022HANSARDWork of the Home OfficeToday I am updating Parliament on Home Office delivery since the previous written ministerial statement of 5 September 2022. In the face of an increasingly complex operational…19 Dec 2022HANSARD Migration and Economic DevelopmentThe right hon. Gentleman talks regularly about safe and legal routes being a means to an end of illegal arrivals. The reality is that our safe and legal routes have already…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelMy hon. Friend is right that tackling the criminal gangs is essential. I struck the Calais group agreement last week, and I am glad we have all committed to the UK supporting…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelWhenever unaccompanied asylum seeking children arrive in the UK, they are provided considerable levels of support, funding and care. We ensure that their safeguarding is a…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI know that we disagreed about leaving the European Union, but one reason why I voted to leave the EU was to take back control of our borders and our migration policy—to restore…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are more than 100 million people worldwide who are struggling. While we will do everything we can to support those countries through…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelIn 2021, the joint efforts of France and the UK prevented more than 23,000 dangerous and unnecessary crossings. This year alone, the figure is 31,000. The UK-France joint…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelAs my hon. Friend knows, I believe in the groundbreaking partnership that the United Kingdom has struck with Rwanda. I believe that it is a mutually beneficial arrangement, it is…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI am not going to lower myself to the standards that the hon. Lady invites me to by making this about political point scoring. This is, as I have said, a human tragedy that…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThat is why we will bring forward legislation to make it clear that if someone comes here on a small boat illegally, they will be detained and removed. That is not just the right…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelAs I have said on several occasions, I am very proud of the track record we have demonstrated not only since 2015 but this year, with more than 3,000 people coming here for…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the need for greater action to disrupt the criminal gangs, particularly upstream and in respect of how they advertise to and…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelWe have made some progress in tackling the illegal crime gangs. Since the passing of the Nationality and Borders Act, the number of prosecutions for new offences has increased…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right in the way he describes the work of the RNLI. It is an incredible organisation, which responds first in many instances to incidents of…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelWe are increasing the amount of technological capability available to Border Force. We are doubling the funding for the National Crime Agency, which will now be embedded in the…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI am not commenting right now on the specific facts of the incident. This is not a time for politics. This is a time to express gratitude to the brave and heroic emergency service…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThe Prime Minister set out his unambiguous resolve yesterday. I am working hand in hand with him on the plan. We will do whatever it takes. We must make it clear to people who are…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI am very proud of our track record of welcoming people who are fleeing persecution and who come here for humanitarian reasons. We have welcomed more than 300,000 people this year…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelWe have set up two specific schemes for Afghans. There is the Afghan relocation and assistance policy, or ARAP, which is an uncapped relocation scheme for Afghans who directly…14 Dec 2022