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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI do recognise that there are Members on the Government Benches who are deeply troubled by many of the measures in this Bill. I recognise that, and I think that reflects quite how…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Immigration Minister shakes his head, but he said in a statement in December in this House that the initial promise was to receive 200 people and the further preparations had…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI give way first to my hon. Friend.13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe former Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel), said: “Anyone who arrives illegally will be deemed inadmissible and either returned to the country they…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Home Secretary has just admitted that Rwanda does not have thousands of places. She will know that the Rwandan Government have talked about taking a few hundred people and…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe former Prime Minister and former Home Secretary is experienced enough to know that that is not an accurate characterisation of what happened. By the time the Labour Government…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration 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…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe important point that the former Prime Minister addresses is that in the late ’90s there was an issue about what had happened with the Bosnian refugee crisis and many others.…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend is right that the Conservatives have to take responsibility for 13 years in government—13 years in which we have seen refugees left in limbo, even though they have…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend is right. Those are damning words that we have heard from the Board of Deputies and many other organisations on the impact this legislation will have. At the heart…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI give way to the hon. Member for Eastleigh, who has been patient. I will then make some progress before I take further interventions, because I am conscious of the time.13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point. In order to have co-operation on return agreements, on alternative arrangements for processing or on any of those things, there must be…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will give way to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) and then to the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Paul Holmes).13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI think it adds to the chaos within this piece of legislation that the Government have not worked out what they want to do. As a consequence, they are undermining our reputation…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIndeed, I am very happy to. I hope the hon. Member will support our proposal for a cross-border police unit to go after the criminal gangs and bring up those convictions, which…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe right hon. Member is just kidding himself if he thinks that any of the Government’s plan is actually going to happen, or if he thinks it is actually going to work. Clause 9…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs the hon. Member knows, the majority of people who are seeking asylum and arrive in France stay in France, rather than seeking to travel to the UK. However, we believe that we…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillPerhaps the hon. Gentleman should have put that question to the Home Secretary, because he appears to disagree with his own Conservative Government’s policy and to be off on…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will give way to the former Prime Minister; she and I have asked each other questions for so many years that I have to let her do so again.13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillImmigration law is important, but the problem is that, at the moment, a huge amount of immigration law is not even enforced. There has been an 80% drop in the number of people who…13 Mar 2023