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HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsI will give way one more time to the hon. Member.23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsThe right hon. Member raises an immensely important point, which we support. I am happy to talk to him further, or he can talk to the Minister with responsibility for victims and…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsThe right hon. Gentleman was the one who said it, so he is the one who will know. If he wants to deny that he ever said it, I will not say it again—honestly—but I think that he…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsThe shadow Home Secretary spent his entire speech not talking about any of the challenges that the country faces but simply playing to the Conservative Back Benches with a fantasy…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsI thank the shadow Home Secretary for giving way. It is a shame to puncture his fantasy and bring him down to the real world in which he and his party trebled net migration and…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsI welcome everybody to the final day of the King's Speech debate. I also welcome the shadow Home Secretary’s words about the excellent ministerial team that we now have in the…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsMy hon. Friend is exactly right. This has to be a mission for all of us—it is not just about what the Home Office does, although we want the Home Office to do so much more in this…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsI will give way on that subject.23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsThe shadow Home Secretary knows he should not make such disgraceful, unfounded allegations about my response to knife crime. He knows that I have met families right across the…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsWill the right hon. Member give way?23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsLet us be clear: immigration is important to our country and has been through the generations, with people coming to this country to start some of our biggest businesses or to…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsWill the shadow Secretary of State give way?23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsI am sure the hon. Member will continue to raise issues in this Chamber until every Minister has met him on one issue or another, and I am sure all of our Home Office Ministers…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Some of this is about the vetting standards before people are appointed as police officers, but some of it is about the culture that can…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsThe hon. Member makes a really important point: this is about all of us, and Northern Ireland has some of the highest levels of domestic abuse murder. This issue is immensely…23 Jul 2024HANSARD Border Security and AsylumMay I thank you, Mr Speaker, for standing up for the Opposition Front Benchers, as I know you have often done for me in the past? I apologise to the shadow Home Secretary for the…22 Jul 2024HANSARD Border Security and AsylumI welcome the hon. Member to his new post. He is right to talk about the importance of the UK doing its bit to help those who have fled persecution and conflict. It is why I…22 Jul 2024HANSARD Border Security and AsylumAs I said in response to the hon. Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord), ensuring that the UK always does its bit to help those who have fled persecution is really…22 Jul 2024HANSARD Border Security and AsylumMy hon. Friend raises an important question. As well as a failure to tackle the criminal gangs taking hold along the channel, there has also been too much of a focus on gimmicks…22 Jul 2024HANSARD Border Security and AsylumI say to the hon. Member that no one should be making these dangerous journeys, and the criminal gangs are making massive profits from organising these boats. I just do not think…22 Jul 2024