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HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandI know that the hon. and learned Lady is vehemently opposed to the Government’s position on tackling illegal migration. I believe that the Minister for Countering Illegal…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandI refer my right hon. Friend to the Government’s stance on the legal position in relation to the Illegal Migration Act. I would also say that for illegal migrants, all roads lead…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 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 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 IrelandThis Government will always, always uphold the Union both in letter and in spirit. My right hon. Friend is right to highlight the importance of this issue to his constituents in…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandWe are not going to be thwarted in our efforts to ensure that people are relocated to Rwanda, with the ultimate aim of putting out of business the evil criminal gangs responsible…14 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandArticle 2 of the Windsor framework ensures that there is no diminution of rights under the Belfast/Good Friday agreement. We have been consistently clear that the commitments in…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 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 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 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 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeI will gladly give way, but I am conscious that there is quite a lot to get through.13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeIt is a fact that all those individuals leaving French shores in small boats are leaving what are fundamentally safe countries. There is no justifiable reason for anybody to be…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa Schemeindicated dissent .13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. It is fair to say that all of us in this House are deeply concerned and moved by events in the middle east. The…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeIf I may, I want to come to that point in full later in my remarks, because there are various related aspects that I think are important to address fully. The arrangements are…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeI would argue that no hon. or right hon. Member should in any way give credence to the business model of evil people-smuggling gangs, who are frankly taking people’s money and…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeI will gladly give way to the Father of the House.13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeThere would have to be agreement around that. The hon. Gentleman raised the issue of deferral in his speech. What I can say on that is that we have agreed to predetermine a small…13 May 2024