Asylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of Living
I beg to move,
That this House has considered asylum seeker employment and the cost of livi...
I congratulate the hon. Member on securing the debate. While inflation has pushed the cost of ene...
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I thank the hon. Lady for the intervention. I was just coming on to that point, but I completely ...
I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak in the debate.
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I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) on securing this deb...
Not allowing asylum seekers to work means that the public perceive them as living off the state. ...
I thank the hon. Lady for that point. There is a risk that that approach can be used to fuel a de...
I congratulate the hon. Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) on securing the debate. Its ti...
If the hon. Member’s inbox is anything like mine, she will have people who are waiting two or per...
Absolutely. One of my constituents has been waiting seven years for a decision. Are they an asylu...
It is a genuine pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I offer huge congratulation...
Allowing refugees to work lets them integrate into their new communities faster. It could help ta...
It really is, and I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for making that point. She is absolutely ri...
It is also because Britain may well have had a colonial footprint in the country that they are co...
That is absolutely right. They probably speak English, or have been taught it, so there is a sens...
I rise to intervene because while we have been speaking, there has been an incident in the channe...
I am grateful to the hon. Member for his intervention. I know I have gone on for longer than I sh...
It is really disheartening to hear about those deaths from the hon. Member for Bury South (Christ...
I completely agree with everything the hon. Lady has said.
In conclusion, I want quickly to...
It is an absolute pleasure to speak in this debate on a subject that is very close to my heart. I...
As usual, the hon. Gentleman is giving a well-considered speech. Does he agree that it is the mos...
The hon. Lady is absolutely right and I could not put it any better, because that is exactly how ...
On the hotel issue, this is portrayed as some sort of luxury. Can anyone imagine being in a hotel...
I agree with the hon. Lady. I am not sure it would be hell. As a Christian, I think hell is a pla...
It would not be pleasant.
I understand the hon. Lady’s point. I did not say that to be judgmental, by the way. I just wante...
Thank you so much for that. There has been a fantastic array of Back-Bench speeches. I now invite...
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies. I thank the hon. Member for Bury South (Chri...
I call the Labour spokesperson, my good neighbour Stephen Kinnock.
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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for ...
Does the hon. Member not agree that the immigration system is based on the hostile environment an...
I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. She is absolutely right that the hostile environment...
I call the Minister to respond. Perhaps she will leave a minute or so for Christian Wakeford to w...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. Before I move on to substantive mat...
The Minister is reeling off the Government’s current policy, which clearly is failing catastrophi...
It is certainly not phoney, but it is time that the Government got a grip. We cannot go back to t...
Will the Minister give way?
If it is a point of clarification, I will gladly take it.
When Labour left Government in 2010, 6,000 asylum cases had been outstanding for more than six mo...
I was referring to the findings of the Home Affairs Committee, which heard the evidence at the ti...
Let me finish this point. I remember the hon. Member for Bury South talking about the shopping tr...
The Minister is talking about people coming through the established routes, but there are hardly ...
To answer that point, there are many safe routes—countries where, internationally, there are agre...
Will the Minister give way?
I must make a bit of progress to allow for closing comments.
We cannot readily dismiss the ...
I thank all Members for their poignant comments, including on economic illiteracy. In that respec...