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HANSARD UkraineI agree with my hon. Friend that Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security in many different ways, including in defence and in energy. That is why it is so important that we should…15 Oct 2025HANSARD UkraineWe are already increasing UK military support, and we want to see that happen across the board. The way to put the greatest pressure on Russia will always be through a mix of…15 Oct 2025HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend makes an important point. The EU has set out work linking the issues around assets to reparation payments. We welcome that work and we believe that there is a…15 Oct 2025HANSARD UkraineI want to see the strongest possible economic pressure on Russia—from every avenue, frankly. We have discussed that issue extensively with the US and Europe. I have discussed it…15 Oct 2025HANSARDIran SanctionsWe have long held concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme. It is for that reason that the UK was at the forefront of diplomatic efforts culminating in the joint comprehensive plan…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumThe hon. Gentleman is right that people have long supported those coming to work in our NHS through legal routes. Those routes have to be controlled and managed, however, and…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumThe Conservative party in government managed to create chaos in the asylum system and let criminal gangs take over along our borders while illegal migration quadrupled in the…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumMy hon. Friend is right that we need reforms, but we also need to recognise that international law can help to underpin international co-operation. The criminal gangs operate…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumGiven what the hon. Member said about crossings, I hope he will support the French pilot agreement, which means we can return to France people who make these dangerous or illegal…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumMy hon. Friend is exactly right. The previous Government made a whole series of grand but empty claims. They returned no one to France who had arrived on a small boat—they had no…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumThe hon. Member refers to the Kindertransport and the important support for children it provided. The UK also took orphaned Jewish children from concentration camps and provided…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumMy hon. Friend is exactly right. The Tories and Reform could start working with us tomorrow to speed up the passage of this crucial legislation, which would give our law…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumI point out to the hon. Member that his party was in power during eight years in which criminal gangs were able to take hold along the borders and undermine our border security.…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumMy hon. Friend is right. The shadow Home Secretary not only lifted the responsibility to consult local authorities, but voted against amendments put forward by the Labour…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumHaving international law and abiding by it has helped us to get new agreements to return people who arrive by small boats. It is also helping us to work with other European…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumThe French Government have been undertaking a maritime review, and the Interior Minister has been strongly pursuing the issue to ensure that there can be intervention in French…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumWe have been clear that we will end the use of the asylum hotels that were opened by the previous Government; we will close those asylum hotels. I hope that the hon. Gentleman…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumI can tell my hon. Friend that we will end the use of asylum hotels. We will close the asylum hotels that the previous Government opened, including in his constituency; it is…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumEveryone has a right to be safe, and to respect. The pursuit of division, hatred and violence is never acceptable, in the immigration and asylum system or more widely across our…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumUnfortunately, the Conservative Front Benchers want us to go back to the position that we inherited from the previous Government. Their freeze on asylum decisions would have left…01 Sept 2025