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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)Again, we have had extensive debates in Committee about the approach that the Government are seeking to take on these matters. We have to stop these dangerous, unacceptable…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)As I have said, there are case-by-case agreements that are reached in relation to returns. The Government are ambitious about the approach we want to take through the Bill. We…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)It is fair to say that my right hon. Friend was a proactive Immigration Minister. That was a significant achievement during his tenure.26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)As I said, I am not going to get into a running commentary about negotiations that the Government may or may not be having with individual countries. What I would say more…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)The simple reality is that we will not return people to countries where to do so would put them in danger, or where their rights would not be respected and upheld. That is a…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)I will give way, but I am very conscious that I want to make some progress.26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East and for Glasgow North East for all their hard work in this area, and for their engaging speeches. I do not…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I will take amendments 88 to 95 in one go, as they individually seek to remove key constituent parts of clause 10 in…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. What I am proud of is this country’s long-standing tradition of doing right by those fleeing persecution from around the world. That…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I am very happy to reflect the sentiment in my conversations with my ministerial colleague. As I was about to say before I took the intervention from the shadow spokesperson, I…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the intervention. I think there is a timing issue here. We are debating this Bill in Committee today and we have several more weeks of…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I simply cannot in all conscience support anyone of any nationality putting their lives in the hands of evil people-smuggling gangs, and I think that that would be the unintended…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I do not think it would be appropriate for clause 10 to include an exemption from group 2 refugee conditions for Afghan national refugees. Although I have great sympathy for the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I am keen to clarify that point. The point that I was making was exactly as I alluded to earlier: that, for example, we would not return someone to a country that is fundamentally…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)As I have said previously, I am very keen to be helpful to the Committee, so if I may, I will study Hansard to look back at the questions that the hon. Gentleman posed on this…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I hope that I can give the hon. Gentleman the reassurance he seeks in relation to amendment 96. It has never been our intention to apply differentiation retrospectively.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I will take that away to look at it. I refer the hon. Gentleman to my previous point in trying to address the matter of family reunion. I am conscious that in his earlier remarks…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)indicated dissent.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)In terms of the deceit and the appalling treatment of so many people, I have heard heartbreaking stories of the way that individuals have been treated by these evil people…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I genuinely believe that the policy we are pursuing through the Bill will make a significant difference in deterring dangerous channel crossings, where people pay evil people…21 Oct 2021