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HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipI thank my hon. Friend for giving way, in particular on that point about our nearing the decade anniversary. Does he agree that, in some senses, we need to put the vote behind us…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI agree that Britain is among the most nature-depleted countries in all of Europe. Does the hon. Member agree with Greenpeace, the Green Alliance and the Royal Society for the…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipMy hon. Friend is making a powerful set of arguments. In Bournemouth we have a strong English language school sector, but it has been bashed by Brexit red tape. Younger people…24 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting)Is it the Conservative party’s intention to build these detention centres, or accommodation centres, as part of its new immigration policy?18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting)With the greatest respect, a reading of the Hansard report of what the hon. Member for Stockton West said would be contrary to what the hon. Lady has just asserted. What the hon.…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting)A volume of information seems to be coming at us now, and it feels as though every 20 words, something absolutely absurd is said. It is a marked contrast with what has gone…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting)Yes, actually.18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting)In a previous sitting, the hon. Lady talked to the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire about humanitarian, and safe and legal routes. She highlighted the difficulty that…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting)New clause 40 mentions the Secretary of State making “regulations specifying the total maximum number of persons who may enter the United Kingdom annually” within six months of…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting)This may be our last sitting day; I say this in hopes that it is. Over the last few sittings, having not known the hon. Member for Stockton West, I have grown in admiration for…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)The hon. Member is making a very powerful point about the importance of restoring trust and, to be fair to him, he has been making that point for many years. On 20 July 2021, he…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Dr Murrison. I agree that there is a lack of trust in our immigration and asylum system, but does the hon. Member agree that…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)This proposal has emerged before the Leader of the Opposition sets in train her new policy commissions, including one on immigration, so it is good to get a teaser today. Under…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)indicated assent.18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)I might be able to help the hon. Gentleman. The IPPR, which listens to the voices of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees navigating that 10-year process—people who look to…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)Can the hon. Gentleman tell me which evidence base supports that assertion?18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)Can he give me the name of the report?18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his patience in allowing me to intervene again. Is it not fair of the Government to accept only those amendments whose details are actually known and…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)Will the hon. Member give way?18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)Sorry, I coughed and laughed at the same time, partly because I think the hon. Member anticipated the point I was about to make. I will put this on the record again, as I have…18 Mar 2025