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HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsI am conscious that there are still a lot of points still to get through, but I will gladly give way to the hon. Lady on this occasion.15 May 2024HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsI suspect that we will disagree quite strongly in principle on this. I would argue that the policy on asylum seekers’ right to work achieves the right balance. People who come to…15 May 2024HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I congratulate the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter) on securing this debate on the important issue of no…15 May 2024HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsOur approach is a balanced one. For example, many people come to the United Kingdom through the established visa routes, family routes and skilled work routes. The hon. Lady…15 May 2024HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsI definitely do want people to come here, but through legal routes and in a managed and proper way, rather than in small boats making perilous crossings of the channel. We have a…15 May 2024HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsI am very happy to take that point away. The Government’s general principle is that it is important that we have a system that provides balance. I set out the safeguards, but I am…15 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandLet me start by expressing the Government’s disappointment at this judgment. We continue to believe that our policy is lawful, that our approach is compatible with international…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his constructive tone as he eloquently makes his case. I note the narrative that he has advanced. The Government are considering…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandI am always grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for his contribution. He speaks with real authority, given his professional background, his role in this House, and his…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandI can probably answer that question fairly rapidly. We fully understand the position of the Scottish National party, which has been consistently expressed during the passage of…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandDifferent week, same rant. Week on week, we hear the same rant about the Opposition’s position, but they have no credible plan to stop the flow of people crossing the channel. I…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his contribution. I refer him and all right hon. and hon. Members to the position that I have set out. The Government are clear that the will…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandI refer my right hon. and learned Friend to what I have said about our determination to appeal the judgment. As she knows from real experience, immigration is a reserved matter…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandMy hon. Friend always speaks with authority when it comes to these issues, and he has extensive experience, having been a Minister in the Home Office. I can absolutely say that we…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandI profoundly disagree with the hon. Lady’s stance on Brexit, and I respectfully disagree with her interpretation and characterisation of the situation that we are discussing. We…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandThe Government believe that we have a legal basis for this. I recognise my right hon. Friend’s determination for us to get on and deliver on the Rwanda policy. That is precisely…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandWe are clearly committed to commencing the Illegal Migration Act as soon as possible. The hon. Gentleman will know about the work that has gone on in the Home Office over the last…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandThe hon. Gentleman keeps chuntering from a sedentary position, but the fact is that we take appropriate cohort-related decisions. The message must be very clear that people should…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandWhat I can say to my right hon. Friend, who, of course, takes a real interest in all matters Northern Ireland, is that we are operationalising the Rwanda policy on a UK-wide…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandThere is no merit whatsoever in the suggestion that the UK would hand Northern Ireland over to the European Union. On the matter that we are debating today, the judgment changes…14 May 2024