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HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemThat information will be provided in the usual manner—through the annual report and accounts. The right hon. Lady will recognise that, within that, there are elements such as the…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemThe policy platform that the hon. Gentleman is standing on would do absolutely nothing to reduce the flow of people coming illegally to this country, all of whom are leaving safe…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemIt is slightly uncharacteristic of the hon. Lady to be mean-spirited. It is fair to say that we are having a good debate, and both Front Benchers have taken many interventions.…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI agree with my hon. Friend on both fronts. It is important to recognise that this is one of biggest issues of our time. The British people want it dealt with once and for all,…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemIt is rather ironic to hear from Opposition Members on this subject. I well remember the shadow Home Secretary being one of the leading lights of the effort to try to keep us in…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemIt is worth the hon. Gentleman reflecting on the fact that the small boats phenomenon was not an issue in 2010. He is yet another Labour Member who has voted repeatedly against…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI will give way to the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr Sheerman), but I need to make some progress.09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI will gladly give way to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemMy right hon. Friend recognises that the plan is one part of the overarching strategy we are taking forward to address the issue. Let us not forget that if we had taken the advice…09 Jan 2024HANSARDSerious Violence: BatterseaI am, of course, grateful to the hon. Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) for securing this debate, and for the opportunity to respond to it. May I first deal with the point…14 Dec 2023HANSARDSerious Violence: BatterseaBearing in mind that I am covering this debate for the Policing Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp), I will, if I may, gladly ask him to pick…14 Dec 2023HANSARDSerious Violence: BatterseaI hear the point that the hon. Lady makes. I think that the commitment to deliver the 20,000 additional police officers was the right commitment to make. I well recall debates,…14 Dec 2023HANSARD People with Learning Disabilities: EmploymentMy right hon. and learned Friend raises an important point and I look forward to receiving the final recommendations from the review, which will help to inform the forward…04 Dec 2023HANSARD People with Learning Disabilities: EmploymentI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson) for securing this important debate and for speaking with such great passion. He very much shares my determination to…04 Dec 2023HANSARDHealth and Disability White PaperI would like to update the House on the progress of a number of tests and trials set out in “Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper”, which was published in…20 Nov 2023HANSARDWork Capability Assessments: People with Neurological ConditionsMay I start by welcoming the hon. Gentleman to his place in this House? The work capability assessment is a functional assessment based on how a person’s condition affects them,…13 Nov 2023HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment: People with Multiple SclerosisThe Department closely monitors all aspects of the assessment process, including how we assess fluctuating health conditions such as multiple sclerosis. Following the publication…13 Nov 2023HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment: People with Multiple SclerosisIt is fair to say that I have a collaborative and strong working relationship with Ministers in the Scottish Government, and I would definitely be keen to talk them about the…13 Nov 2023HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment: People with Multiple SclerosisMy hon. Friend has been a strong advocate for the severe disability group work that we have been taking forward. I am pleased to be able to say that Blackpool Teaching Hospitals…13 Nov 2023HANSARDWork Capability Assessments: People with Neurological ConditionsI am not in a position to set out the outcome of recent work capability assessment consultation, but a key principle underpinning the test and trials that I touched on earlier is…13 Nov 2023