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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Just a few questions for Dame Sara, if I may. As you will know, we are bringing in more staff as decision makers, and we have brought in the new modern slavery victim care…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Clearly, one of the fundamental cornerstones of the policy is prioritising safe and legal routes, and I am sure that you would strongly support that. Presumably you also think…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q Finally, looking back at your experience, the establishment of the policy framework and everything that underpinned it more generally, what in your assessment were the key…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q Trying to create a swifter, more efficient, more streamlined processing of applications is fundamental to the plan the Government here are seeking to advance. Was that an…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q I am interested in wider criminality. What impacts did you assess there to be in the line of finance that these crossings were generating for these criminal gangs? What impact…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q How fundamental do you think that offshore processing was in acting as an effective deterrent as part of your wider plan to tackle this challenge? George Brandis: Well, as I…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)No further questions.23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)To be clear, I am talking about the Bill as a whole. Adrian Berry: Yes, and the Bill as a whole contains provisions on asylum, not extra removal provisions, so I was talking about…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q If you had the opportunity, what would you do to better shape the system to remove those with no right to be here and to deport foreign national offenders? Adrian Berry: Foreign…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have a question for Mr Berry. Do you see any benefit whatsoever in streamlining the processing of applications in the way that the Bill seeks to do, and providing clarity for…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you, Sir Roger. I will be quick, so hopefully the hon. Member might get another go. Your Excellency, looking back in the Australian context, is it reasonable to think,…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have one further question. On Tuesday, one of the issues that the local government witnesses referred to as being particularly problematic was around age assessments. I would…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Are there challenges around bringing clarity to victims about precisely what their rights are and around how the processes themselves work? Is there more that needs to be done…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill: LGBTQ+ PeopleI am mindful of the point that the hon. Lady makes. She will appreciate the fact that I am new in role in the Department and that I am getting up to speed with the Bill. We began…22 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill: LGBTQ+ PeopleThe Nationality and Borders Bill, which is part of our new plan for immigration, seeks to build a fair but firm asylum and legal migration system. On 16 September, we published an…22 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)Q I am grateful for that thorough answer. One final question: what assessment have you made of wider criminality resulting from the proceeds of criminal gangs organising dangerous…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)Q Mindful of the breadth of your professional experience in previous roles, how crucial do you think the streamlining of the processing of applications is to tackling some of…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)Q I heard your answer in relation to modern slavery, but in terms of wider criminality and what you are seeing on the ground, what impact do you think the proceeds of small boat…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)Q I agree with you very much on the penalty. It would seem obvious to me that closing down that line of revenue for these criminal gangs is a sensible and obvious thing to do. One…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)Q I am interested, on a broader level, in what challenges you think our country faces from organised immigration crime more generally. Rob Jones: It is now recognised by organised…21 Sept 2021