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HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationNo one should be making these dangerous boat crossings, which undermine border security and put lives at risk. We have seen a change in the way the criminal gangs have been…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationI can tell my hon. Friend that we will want to develop this over time, and we will do so in partnership with France. He is right that we will secure this co-operation together and…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationThe Prime Minister and the French President set out their expectation that we will be able to operationalise this agreement and begin the pilot in the coming weeks. The numbers…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationI can confirm that the deal that the previous Government did with Rwanda involved paying £150,000 for every single individual, to cover food, accommodation and healthcare for five…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement to update the House on new joint action between the UK and France to tackle dangerous small boat crossings—crossings…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationThe shadow Home Secretary just wants to pretend that the last eight years never happened. He knows that this crisis—this small boats chaos—went on for 340 weeks under the Tories.…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration Co-operationYesterday, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the President of the French Republic announced a first-of-its-kind agreement, which will be operationalised in the coming…11 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a passionate advocate for policing in her constituency. I hope she will welcome the increase for the west midlands of over 300 neighbourhood police officers and…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with the right hon. Member that we need to take action on a whole range of things. That includes action in France, further action on the network of criminal gangs, action…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right. That sort of graffiti and serious hate crime divides communities and needs to be taken seriously by police across the country. It is one of the reasons we…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have provided an additional £200 million for neighbourhood policing as part of more than £1 billion of additional funding for police forces across the country. That is how we…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the shadow Home Secretary knows, the police’s oath makes it clear that they have to police without fear or favour, and that is what they do right across the country. It is a…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe shadow Home Secretary seems to have forgotten that in the short period for which he was immigration Minister, net migration near-trebled and the number of small boats went up…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right that we need the additional neighbourhood policing in West Yorkshire. I welcome the 12 additional officers in her constituency, the 100 additional…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Member will know, decisions about where police stations are located are for the local force, the chief constable and the police and crime commissioner. She will…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn 7 July 2005, terrorists attacked London’s transport network at King’s Cross, Russell Square, Edgware Road, Aldgate and Tavistock Square. Fifty-two people, who were travelling…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSmall Boat CrossingsMy hon. Friend is right to refer both to returns—we have increased returns of failed asylum seekers by more than 20% since the election—and to the action against the criminal…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSmall Boat CrossingsSmall boat crossings undermine border security and put lives at risk. The criminal gangs have adapted their tactics to exploit French rules that prevent the authorities from…07 Jul 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Policing: Leigh and AthertonI will certainly join my hon. Friend in thanking shop workers in her constituency and right across the country, who were often on the frontline during the covid pandemic. Sadly,…07 Jul 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Policing: Leigh and AthertonThe Government are introducing a neighbourhood policing guarantee, which means that all communities will have named and contactable officers from the end of this month, and we are…07 Jul 2025