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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)If I may, I will write to the Committee. I have undertaken to write to the Committee with more information in relation to another matter we discussed earlier, and I am very happy…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am conscious that we need to make progress, but I will take a quick intervention.04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank hon. Members for tabling their new clauses. They have raised important issues about the support available for child victims who have faced the most heinous crimes.…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I have been very generous throughout the duration of the Committee, but I am afraid I need to make some progress at this point. It is also the case that unrestricted access to…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I want to pick up on a few of the points that he raised. In relation to Napier, as I have said previously, we have seen several improvements…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I refer the hon. Gentleman to my comments on earlier clauses, when I confirmed that children would not be placed in those accommodation centres.04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for tabling the new clauses; it is fair to say that during the course of the Committee we have had many debates around many aspects of what…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark for tabling his new clause. In simple terms, the longer successful asylum-seekers remain in asylum accommodation,…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I hear the hon Member’s point, which again I will take away and reflect on with colleagues in the Department. In the light of the Government’s track record and commitment to safe…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)On the issue of safe routes for children, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Europe with family members in the UK are able to apply to join eligible sponsors, such as those…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)As I have said, it is very important that those established relationships exist. As we have debated on many occasions in the course of this Committee, we do not want anybody to…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman and I simply do not concur on this point. The simple truth is that this country is generous in the opportunities that it provides for people…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Sheffield Central for tabling new clause 23, which would require the Government to publish an annual summary of safe and legal routes to refuge in the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East and for Glasgow North East for their new clause. I understand their thinking behind it: people who are…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The Government recognise the important contribution that international volunteers make to our communities, and are committed to attracting people from overseas who wish to gain…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for tabling the new clause. I note his concerns around transparency and accountability in relation to deaths of people subject to immigration powers. I can…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Twelfth sitting)I would expect cases to be looked at on an appropriate case-by-case basis that properly takes into account all of the relevant circumstances. It might be advantageous if, in my…28 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Halifax and for Enfield, Southgate for setting out their case, and for tabling this amendment. I appreciate their consideration of this clause and…28 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East and for Glasgow North East for their amendments. I am pleased to see from the amendments that they…28 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Twelfth sitting)Again, I simply make the point that decisions are made case by case. We maintain that we need all the information at both decision points to reach the right decisions in…28 Oct 2021