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HANSARDSafety 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 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe hon. Member is totally right. I have now heard of a series of failed asylum cases in which people want to return to their home countries and have applied to the Home Office to…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 will.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) BillWell, £400 million for a failing plan is a hell of a lot of money. What we need to do is clear the backlog, and Labour has set out a proposal for 1,000 new caseworkers to clear…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 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) BillThe problem for the right hon. Member is that he has a scheme that is likely now to cost £400 million and that is only likely to cover less than 1%, and perhaps less than 0.1%, of…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWe have constitutional roles for Parliament and the courts. It is right for Parliament to respond to court judgments, to adapt and to change policy, but this Bill instead puts at…12 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipI thank the Home Secretary for advance sight of the statement. There is total chaos in the Government and the Conservative party. These are the desperate dying days of a party…06 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationI thank the Home Secretary for advance sight of the statement. Today’s statement is an admission of years of total failure by this Conservative Government—failure on the…04 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point about the detail and I hope that, in the evidence-gathering sessions in Committee, evidence is properly taken on that. It is an area where…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The Minister will know that the time is not limited. We do have time and she has named me. I do understand that she has the right not to…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI know that the former Home Secretary takes the police covenant very seriously. Does she agree that, as well as the police covenant, we should have a police bravery award for…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point— [ Interruption. ] I do not think the claims made from a sedentary position by the Policing Minister help him in the slightest, given the…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillThis is the problem with the Policing Minister: he just thinks that the country has never had it so good on crime and policing. As far as the country is concerned, he is…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI would gently say to the Minister that the fact that it is an announcement—28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the impact of shoplifting. If town centres do not feel safe, it is local businesses that are hit and can end up going under as a result,…28 Nov 2023