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HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationThat is what she seems to be arguing. Look, I think we should be doing everything to prevent these dangerous boat crossings. We will continue, as we have done through the Ukraine…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationI am not fully sure about the logic of the hon. Member’s argument. She seems to be arguing that if the scheme works, it will not work.14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationMy hon. Friend is right. One of the stories that still haunts me is of a little girl who was crushed to death in one of the small boats because of the scale of overcrowding and…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationWe have been working with the EU Commission, as has France, and we have shared details on these proposals over many months as we have been developing them. The EU Commission has…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationWe are committed to ending asylum hotels over the course of this Parliament. We will also continue to roll out this pilot programme so that it can be developed to tackle both…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationAs the hon. Member will be aware, France is a country that abides by international law and with which we have a long history of co-operation in a whole series of areas around…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationMy hon. Friend is exactly right. There are things that the Conservatives tried and failed to deliver when they were in government that they now suddenly want to oppose. In the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationThe agreement that we have reached is a fundamentally different approach; it is groundbreaking. It is something that I have discussed with the Interior Minister in France for many…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationMy hon. Friend is right. What we need is action on the boats in shallow waters as well as action against the criminal gangs and to prevent people reaching the French coast in the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationNo one should be making these dangerous boat crossings; they undermine border security and put lives at risk. If the hon. Member really cares about stopping boats and stopping the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationMy hon. Friend is right. The previous Government tried at different stages to do the kinds of things that we are setting out, but they allowed the relationship with France to…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationI disagree with the right hon. Member about the criminal gangs. Whatever we do, we must have much stronger enforcement on the criminal gangs; otherwise, if they are given free…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationCertainly, the hon. Member for Clacton has been travelling around the world, and sadly he is once again not here in Parliament when we are discussing these issues. If Reform…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationThe right hon. Member will know that we had to take a difficult decision on overseas aid to ensure that we can increase our defence investment, which we need to keep our country…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationMy hon. Friend is right. We know that although some delivery companies have said that they will do stronger checks, in practice it is just not happening. There are too many cases…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationAs I just set out in the previous answer, I think that it has frankly been too easy to work illegally in this country for too long. We know that the criminal gangs tell people it…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationMy hon. Friend is right. It has been way too easy to work illegally in this country for far too long. That is why, since the election, we have already increased illegal working…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationLet us be clear: we need action right across the board, from strengthening prevention—working in partnership with countries like Iraq—right through to law enforcement and…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationI do think we should be working with international partners; that is how we will get co-operation. If criminal gangs operate across borders, then of course we need Governments and…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationThe small boat crossings are dangerous and put lives at risk. We have seen people drown and people crushed to death on overcrowded boats. That is being driven and organised by…14 Jul 2025