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HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum Systemrose —09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemWill the Minister confirm that the latest figures show that the number of people in asylum hotels is 20% higher than it was last December, when the Prime Minister promised to end…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemWill the Minister give way?09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemThe Minister has been generous. Given that he has published the future costs of the agreement with France, why is he still refusing to publish years 4 and 5 of the Rwanda…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI will give way one more time. I need to finish so that others can speak.09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemMy right hon. Friend has made an important point about, in particular, the issues relating to Afghanistan, where we know there has been huge persecution by the Taliban. We also…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemAs the hon. Member will know, we should be returning people who do not have a foundation in persecution or conflict, who do not have a well-founded asylum claim. They should be…09 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will make some progress, and then I will give way to the right hon. Member. The problem is that, even as the Bill stands, it risks breaking international law, and that makes it…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI think the right hon. Member is just highlighting the failure of those on his Front Bench. All of us should want to stop these dangerous boat crossings. They are undermining…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will, and then I will have to conclude my remarks.12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe hon. Member’s problem is with those on his Front Bench. His problem is with his own Home Secretary, his own Foreign Secretary and his own Prime Minister. He wants to make all…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI welcome the immigration Minister to his place. Is he aware that while he has been speaking the New Conservatives, the European Research Group, the Northern Research Group, the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the Home Secretary for giving way. Since we last spoke in this House, it has been confirmed that the Government have given the Rwandan Government £240 million, with a…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe hon. Gentleman hopes that his Prime Minister has a plan, but no Back Bencher on either side of the House seems to agree with it. We are clear that what we should be doing is…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House, while affirming support for securing the UK’s borders, reforming the broken…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will give way to the hon. Member if he can say whether he agrees with the previous immigration Minister or the current one.12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe right hon. and learned Gentleman knows that that is not the case, because what the Government have done is both to deem and to remove any capacity for the courts to consider…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe trouble is that they are not—they are just not. The scale of the Government’s operations to go after the criminal gangs is tiny. The £300 million that the Government have…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will.12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will give way, because I know that the right hon. Member likes to think of himself as the leader of the Common Sense Group of Conservatives.12 Dec 2023