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HANSARDNationality and Borders Act 2022: ImplementationIn April, the Nationality and Borders Act achieved Royal Assent. This landmark legislation will help to deliver a fair but firm asylum system; deterring illegal entry into the UK,…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is fair to say that the plan we are advancing is the only credible plan to address the issue. It is comprehensive and will end the dangerous channel crossings, preserve life,…20 Jun 2022HANSARDRelocations to RwandaThe hon. Gentleman will recognise that we do not comment on ongoing legal proceedings. We have had this debate many times, but what I would say is that every day that this new…20 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are introducing whole-system reform in the new plan for immigration, and we have the partnership with Rwanda and are readily signing new…20 Jun 2022HANSARDRelocations to RwandaMy hon. Friend absolutely hits the nail on the head in explaining why our new plan for immigration is so important, and we are determined to deliver on it. It is a comprehensive…20 Jun 2022HANSARDRelocations to RwandaAs the House will be aware, despite the detailed deliberations and judgments received in various domestic courts that heard the case, the European Court of Human Rights’…20 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaI certainly would not call it “state-sponsored trafficking”.13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaThey are sound people, and they will be concerned that the Opposition parties have no credible plan to tackle illegal migration. We will continue to ask where precisely their plan…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaSome of the comments made in the last few weeks about the Rwandan Government and people have been appalling and completely misinformed. Some would even go so far as to say that it…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaThe Government believe that as part of the wider, comprehensive new plan for immigration that we are delivering, this plan will have the effect of stopping these dangerous…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaI would argue that people in Stoke-on-Trent have been incredibly generous and big-hearted in the support and opportunities that they have provided in the community for people who…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaIt is fair to say that reports of modern slavery are taken into consideration as part of the processes. I will not comment in any further detail on operational matters, but I…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaI hope that I can reassure my hon. Friend by saying that we are determined to deliver this policy. I know full well that if we do not get on and deliver it, he will be very much…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaI refer the hon. Gentleman to the country information available out there. That is a comprehensive assessment of the situation, and it touches on these very issues. That work, I…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaHaving known me for a long time, my hon. Friend will understand that I will want to read that judgment for myself before commenting authoritatively. What I can say to him,…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaThose reports are somewhat surprising, are they not? What I will say, for the benefit of the House, is that I am very clear about the fact that the law should be upheld, and that…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaIt has often occurred to me that there are individuals, in this House and beyond it, who believe that we ought to have unlimited immigration to our country and that there ought…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaAs ever, I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his suggestion, which I very much take on board. For obvious reasons, I am not in a position to comment on operational matters, but…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaMy hon. Friend speaks with great authority and experience on these issues and is absolutely right that the status quo is not tenable; we cannot continue as we are, with people…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaOur world-leading migration and economic development partnership with Rwanda is a global first and will change the way we collectively tackle illegal immigration. This is a global…13 Jun 2022