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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)Amendment 15 is very specifically about Afghanistan. I would not wish to invoke your wrath, Ms McDonagh, by going wider than that, so I must keep my remarks to Afghanistan. The…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)It is right that we break the business model of these evil criminal gangs and take steps that help to achieve that endeavour. The point the hon. Gentleman has made, which runs…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I refer the hon. Gentleman to my earlier point. I want to move on to the points made by various members of the Committee about a number of areas related to the amendments. In…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I will give way, but I am keen to move on to answer some of the questions.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I am keen to do just that. I have made the point about safe and legal routes. There are many examples in the past and that are still active.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)We are getting into very granular detail, as we would expect. I will need to take further advice on that specific point, which I will make clear to the Committee. However, our…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)He wants to come in again.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Gentleman will be pleased to know that the people who organise my diary have confirmed that I am set to visit Napier in the not-too-distant future. I have been able to be…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I have some answers on those to come.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I will give way to the hon. Gentleman as well, because I want to be generous and to hear what he has to say.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman will appreciate some of the genuine difficulties for people in trying to leave Afghanistan— [ Interruption ] —and doing so in the safest way possible— […21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I have been generous, but I will give way once more.21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)In the context of the Bill and in the course of our debates, we will revisit the various challenges in our asylum system many times. My hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)I will certainly take away the hon. Lady’s suggestion and feed that through to the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)I dispute that interpretation of the situation at Napier, because Napier does not have the same wrap-around services that we envisage for accommodation centres. For example, the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for that further contribution. I look forward to receiving the correspondence from him—it was a genuine offer made in the right spirit and I look…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)I am afraid that I do not have those figures to hand, but I will take that request away—very gladly—and I will share that information with the Committee when I have it. Clause 11…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Member and I fundamentally disagree on this point. I think that there is value in having accommodation centres that provide accommodation but also ensure that caseworking…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)I think it is absolutely essential that there is an open dialogue with local authorities about any measures that are proposed in their areas, and that those local views are…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)I take on board the point that the hon. Gentleman raises. However, as a general principle, I think it is right and proper—as I think all Members of this House would expect—for…21 Oct 2021