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HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesThe system that we inherited from the previous Government—including a Government that the hon. Member was at different times a part of—was not strong enough. Border security needs…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesMy hon. Friend is right. We are increasingly seeing a pattern where foreign state organisations end up using criminal proxies to pursue malign activity. That is why we have to…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesThe right hon. Member makes an extremely important point. It is essential that Iran is prevented from developing any further nuclear threat. That is why the US-led talks are so…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesMy hon. Friend raises an important point. The inquiry that his Committee is pursuing is important. The Security Minister will give evidence to that inquiry about the work being…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesThe three individuals that the right hon. Member referred to entered the UK between 2016 and 2022 and were granted asylum. Grant rates for asylum have fallen in the last year and…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesMy hon. Friend is right to talk about the vital work that the police and the security and intelligence services do. It is because we support them so strongly that we are putting…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesOur border security is national security. That is the approach the Government are taking. We will continue to strengthen border security, including by introducing…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesMy hon. Friend raises an important issue. In order to address transnational and international threats, networks and challenges—whatever form or route they take—it is immensely…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesI thank the right hon. Member for his important question. Threats to Iran International, its journalists and their family members are disgraceful and completely unacceptable. He…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesMy hon. Friend is right; that is exactly the reason we have put the IRGC on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme, alongside the whole of the Iranian…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesI know that the right hon. Member took these issues immensely seriously when he was in government. I agree with him about the importance of critical national infrastructure and…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesMy hon. Friend is right to mention the importance of security for our Jewish communities, which should never be compromised either domestically or by any kind of foreign state…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesI thank the hon. Member for her comments and her support for the police and the intelligence and security agencies. She asked about the IRGC. In his report, Jonathan Hall states…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesMy hon. Friend is right, because the complex national security threats that we face now take different forms and are increasingly intertwined. Cyber-threats and the use of…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesI just say to the shadow Home Secretary that he was an immigration Minister when the number of small boat crossings soared and when net migration soared. On his watch, controls…19 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement about the charging of three individuals under the National Security Act 2023 that took place on 17 May, and the further action…19 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemThe hon. Member is right that we need to boost training and skills here in the UK alongside these stronger controls. On social care, we will introduce a fair pay agreement. It is…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the Government’s White Paper on restoring control over the immigration system. Five months ago, the figures…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemEven I could not draw up a White Paper in the space of two weeks. This White Paper was announced by the Prime Minister before Christmas when we saw the scale of the huge increase…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemOne of the most important aspects of the White Paper will be the increase in the immigration skills charge, meaning that where employers are recruiting from abroad and there are…12 May 2025