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HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe right hon. Gentleman definitely gets the tone right in highlighting the severity of the criminality perpetrated by individuals who, as I say, we all want to bring to justice.…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI do not accept the hon. Member’s characterisation of those remarks for a minute. My primary concern is twofold: to ensure that staff, for example, in British missions are safe…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am afraid that I do not have those figures to hand, but we hope to be able to say more on that very soon. It is the early days of that scheme but we have seen an overwhelmingly…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI will give way to the shadow Minister.22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI have given way to the hon. Gentleman a few times and I want to conclude my remarks.22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillLet me be very clear: there is absolutely no reason why any Ukrainian should pay an evil people smuggler to come to be safe in the United Kingdom. I have set out the detail of our…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI have given way to my hon. Friend already and I am keen to make some progress, because I am conscious that a lot of Members want to speak. The community sponsorship scheme…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. This is an area that he is very passionate about and has a considerable knowledge of. He will recognise that we have a global…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am not going to get drawn into listing all other possible exemptions to removal in that way, but I set out on Report that, for example, family groups would not be separated,…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am conscious that I need to make some progress, so I will continue for now. I have been quite generous, and I will see how I get on in the next few minutes. Amendments 9, 52 and…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWe have many resettlement routes whereby people can come to this country. I have said this several times in the House, and it bears repeating now, that people getting in small…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is a passionate advocate of taking action to address those concerns. I argue that this is a package of measures that come together.…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI certainly think that my hon. Friend’s constituents and mine, and people across the country, feel strongly— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillAny Government in such circumstances could amend the primary legislation to remove that requirement. I also make the crucial point that we have an independent judiciary in this…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWe do not see a need to augment the Bill in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests. A plethora of opinions are expressed in the House and more generally when we debate the…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend puts it better than I could. He has stated with crystal clarity the nature of the change, which I believe is enhanced and improved by accepting the sensible and…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI agree with my hon. Friend’s assessment that citizenship of this country comes with rights and responsibilities, and with recognition and acceptance of important constitutional…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point and for the engagement I have had with him on these matters throughout the passage of the Bill. I genuinely hope that the…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMr Speaker, may I begin by joining in, on behalf of the Home Office, your tribute to PC Keith Palmer, who lost his life five years ago today? All of us who were in the House will…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend and I have had many conversations about this topic over recent months and he makes a genuine point that individuals coming to this country illegally makes it more…22 Mar 2022