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HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThe right hon. Member is right. That is why the Prime Minister announced yesterday that we will have a capped safe and legal routes programme that will come into force once we…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelWe are still establishing the exact facts about what did or did not happen around the incident. However, this year alone the French have been successful in preventing…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThe hon. and learned Lady talks about deterrence, and I disagree with her, respectfully. I am incredibly convinced that deterrence must be an element of our plan to fix this…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelMy hon. Friend makes the right point. We will be taking further action to properly investigate and enforce against things such as illegal working, and my right hon. Friend the…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI think we have to get a reality check here. The reality is that not everybody getting on a small boat—an unseaworthy vessel—and paying thousands of pounds to criminal gangs is a…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThe harsh reality is that many thousands of people are being sold the lie that, if they hand over large sums of money to criminal gangs, they will have a promise of a new life in…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThat element relates to the Albania agreement that we recently struck, which makes it clear that Albania is a safe country, as the Albanian ambassador made clear recently at the…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelAs I said, we already have an extensive programme of welcoming people to this country through humanitarian routes, and I have listed some of the countries from which people have…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI thank my hon. Friend for all of her work over the past few years, dealing with this issue. I know that she speaks powerfully for all of her constituents who are directly…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThe reality is that, of course, where we have routes and people have met the relevant criteria, they are enabled to come here. It is not the case, however, that any person across…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelWhat more we can do forms part of the plan that the Prime Minister announced yesterday: focusing on the operational command and our resources at Dover, and working with the…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI thank my hon. Friend for all his efforts in supporting the local community, not just following this incident, but throughout, because I know that, particularly in Kent, there is…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelAs I have said, I am incredibly proud of this country’s generosity and, in fact, of this Government’s track record on extending the hand of friendship to more than 300,000 people…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelMy hon. Friend is right, and I am proud of the new agreement that we have struck with our French colleagues in this regard. There has already been progress. In the last few weeks…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about an incident in the channel this morning. This is an ongoing search and rescue incident, but I can confirm that…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI thank my hon. Friend for all his work and his previous track record, before he came to this place, in supporting people coming to this country. The reality is that the UK will…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelToday is a day to demonstrate our sympathy for the victims and the families involved in this tragic incident. It is a day to express gratitude to our hard-working emergency…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThere is a huge amount of operational collaboration pursuant to the new deal that I agreed with my French counterpart last month. It will see, for the first time ever, UK Border…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelWhat is cruel and inhumane is desperate people being conned—it is a trick—into handing over large sums of money and making a treacherous journey on land and sea, in the fruitless…14 Dec 2022HANSARDTerrorism Prevention and Investigation MeasuresSection 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM) Act 2011 (the Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably…28 Nov 2022