Illegal Migration Bill

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. She is describing the journey that we need ...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will refer to that issue myself later on, because the...

Has the right hon. Lady seen the letter from all the Home Office-funded providers of modern slave...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for pointing that out, because I had not seen that letter, as it h...

I call the shadow Minister, who has indicated that he wishes to come in early.

It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), who spoke so pow...

I note what the shadow Minister says about quiet diplomacy. Actually, it seems to me that the Pri...

Well, the Conservative party has spent the past five or six years completely destroying our relat...

The hon. Gentleman says that we have spent the past five or six years destroying our relationship...

May I say to the right hon. Lady that that is one of the best interventions I have ever taken? I ...

I am grateful for being called as early as this and I will try to be brief. I want to focus speci...

I agree with everything the right hon. Gentleman is saying and I look forward to working with him...

Clearly the faster the claims can be assessed, the better it is for everybody, as they can be dis...

The right hon. Gentleman and I have discussed the lack of an evidence base for this aspect of the...

I am flattered by the idea of my good offices with the Government, and I will take that at face v...

I support the amendments on the rights of children, because the Bill punishes children just for b...

I am pleased that the hon. Lady has raised these clauses. Having spoken to the Minister, I know h...

I hope the Minister will address the hon. and learned Gentleman’s point.

There is an array ...

I rise to speak to amendment 181, which appears in my name. I ask the Minister to think about my ...

I rise to support the amendments in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen K...

I rise to speak to amendment 182 in my name and the names of other hon. and right hon. Members. I...

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is making an interesting and worthwhile point, but in practi...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a reasonable point, but I think we have to pass legislation in thi...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jere...

And the evidence.

And the evidence. The lack of evidence and impact assessments runs like a silver thread through t...

indicated dissent.

The Minister is sitting there shaking his head. If he wants to intervene and tell me I am wrong a...

I would be happy to do so, or to answer more fully later when I make my remarks. It is undoubtedl...

I hope that the Minister gets a hold of Hansard tomorrow, reads what he has just said and, as my ...

I agree with what the right hon. Gentleman is saying. The current proposal in the Bill is that un...

“Unconscionable” is one of the more polite and measured terms that we could use about it. I refle...

The fact that the Minister has just said on the record that it is okay to incarcerate minors—anot...

It will come as no great surprise to the hon. Lady that I do. That brings me to thinking about wh...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for coming to a conclusion. I am going to try to call people who...

It seems a long-standing conundrum of the immigration debate that most of our constituents expres...

I recognise the hon. Gentleman’s long expertise on this issue, but does he recognise the challeng...

The hon. Member very clearly highlights the fact that this is sometimes to a degree a grey area. ...

My hon. Friend will understand that I am a signatory of amendment 131, which is obviously intende...

I entirely understand what my hon. Friend is seeking to achieve through the introduction of those...

Let me clarify the purpose of the “notwithstanding” provision. It is not to say that we will not ...

That is an extremely good point. For many of us who had some involvement with the ECHR in the pas...

Order. Once again, I urge a certain amount of brevity, as we are not doing brilliantly at the min...

I will be as brief as I can, Dame Rosie. There is much that I loathe in this Bill, but I will con...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way, because this is so important. There are...

Exactly. In the children’s home where I was a house father, we dealt with some of the children wh...

I rise to speak to the amendments in my name: amendment 135, which intends to block courts from o...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will happily take an intervention at the end of my speech, as I promise to keep within the 10-m...

I will let the hon. Gentleman gather his breath. He made a strong case that he was concerned abou...

Rule 39 interim measures were not part of the European convention on human rights when we signed ...

I would have liked to say it was a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (J...

Several calumnies have found form in the contributions of Opposition Members in the course of our...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I hope the right hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I do not. I have great respect for him, but I ...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hay...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will happily give way to the hon. Gentleman, as long as he will clarify on the record that his ...

I do not remember seeing the hon. Lady on the streets of the west midlands, campaigning to vote l...

When the Immigration Minister was dismissing concerns about locking children up, suggesting that ...

indicated dissent.

The Minister is shaking his head, but there is a very simple answer, because all new clause 18 do...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will happily give way, but then I want to finish because I promised Dame Rosie that I would be ...

Everyone wants children to be safe: nobody wants a child to be living in a hotel; and, fundamenta...

Nobody is encouraging the smugglers. Given the heat that has been generated in this Chamber, it i...

rose—

I will not give way. The hon. Gentleman has made his feelings clear, even if he has taken the She...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Dame Rosie. I would like to echo what my...

The hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) was talking about safeguarding. Does my hon. Frie...

My hon. Friend is right: I do have that role, and it does present significant safeguarding risks ...

The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project, which funds a researcher in my office, has done...

I fully take on my hon. Friend’s earlier point about who holds the responsibility for applying th...

rose—

I have given way twice already and I am very conscious of time, but I will give way one last time...

The hon. Gentleman is making a valid point about the important role that local authorities play. ...

That is a challenge that I raised in the House myself last year, but I have since had many conver...

In following the hon. Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley), I want to point out the dangers of fram...

I agree with the point that the hon. Gentleman makes. The Government should note that this argume...

I am grateful to the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee for that intervention. He is...

I rise to speak in favour of amendments 148, 285, 288 and 292 and new clauses 18, 21, 22, 27, 28 ...

I rise to speak to amendments 121 and 123 to 127, which are tabled in my name, and in support of ...

Yesterday, my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) set out a compelling argument a...

Order. Before the hon. and learned Lady responds, I would just say that I gave some guidance. As ...

I am very grateful to you for making that clear, Dame Rosie.

Just to answer the hon. Gentle...

I fear I was not clear, because I was trying to support the hon. and learned Lady in what she was...

I know the hon. Gentleman was trying to assist me, and I agree with him that court scrutiny is im...

I am very grateful that the hon. and learned Lady is raising these points because, as the Chair o...

I agree with the right hon. Lady, and I can tell her why the Government are afraid of proper scru...

I rise in support of new clauses 22 and 27 tabled by the shadow Front Bench. Just before my elect...

It will surprise no one to know that the Liberal Democrats will eventually vote against the Bill....

I apologise for not being here earlier this afternoon. I had to go to the Liaison Committee’s mee...

I declare my registered interest as chairman of the safeguarding board of a children’s group.

My hon. Friend made some very good points yesterday. Will he confirm how happy he was with the Mi...

Sir Roger, if I do too much back-jobbing to yesterday’s business, I am sure you will call me out ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. In his point about the interaction with the Child...

I shall come on to detention in a minute, but I entirely agree with the principle of the point th...

I stand today on behalf of the hundreds of constituents who have sent me emails and letters and o...

I start by congratulating Humza Yousaf on becoming Scotland’s new First Minister, and wish him ev...

Having studied and listened to the entire debate today has only strengthened my resolve that we m...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I have just had an email from one of my constituent...

I fully agree—[Interruption.]

Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady. [Interruption.] Thank you. I would like the Committ...

Thank you, Chair. I appreciate your intervention.

In conclusion, there is an alternative, a...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter). I share her concerns a...

On a point of order, Sir Roger. I seek your guidance. The Bill is reaching the closing minutes of...

The shadow Leader of the House has been in the House long enough to know that it is the responsib...

It has been a wide-ranging and interesting debate. I am grateful to all right hon. and hon. Membe...

I wonder if my right hon. Friend would clarify one point. He just said that the Government will a...

My right hon. Friend is correct that the Bill does not seek to change the arrangements for those ...

The Minister says that people should come here directly. Will he tell me how many direct flights ...

People do come here directly from places of danger. The hon. Lady is incorrect. We have long-stan...

The Government have accepted that they will be subject to an article 3 investigation to see wheth...

Nobody could dispute the seriousness with which I took the situation at Manston in the autumn, or...

On unaccompanied children, may I ask the Minister to address the point I raised about the power i...

I thank my hon. and learned Friend for that comment. As an important aside that relates to other ...

Will the Minister respond to the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol West (Than...

The impact assessment will be published in due course.

Let me continue with the points I wa...

Will the Minister give way?

I will give way one last time, but I want to bring my remarks to a close as soon as possible.

I have constituents who have been waiting for 20 months in a hotel for the Home Office to conduct...

We are doing that. That is the plan that the Prime Minister set out in December, on which we are ...

rose—

I am not going to give way again. [Interruption.] I am not going to give way to the hon. and lear...

Order. Twenty-seven Members have taken part in the debate this afternoon, and there are rather mo...

Thank you, Sir Roger. The hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) does n...

On a point of order, Sir Roger. Is it in order for the Minister to so misrepresent my position? I...

Order. That is an observation, not a point of order. The hon. and learned Lady is fully aware tha...

Sir Roger, it is an observation but it is also incorrect, because I have already spoken about the...

Will the Minister give way?

I am not going to give way on this occasion.

In 2021, 73% of people who arrived on small bo...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I would be pleased to give way to my right hon. Friend.

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way and for repeating the figures that have been...

With great respect to my right hon. Friend, I do not think it is correct to denigrate the concern...

Will the Minister give way?

I am not going to give way. I am going to bring my remarks to a close, because I think I have spo...

rose—

But I will give way to my right hon. Friend.

Can I gently suggest to my right hon. Friend that the whole purpose of raising this issue was not...

As I have previously said to my right hon. Friend, I look forward to listening and engaging with ...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not give way, because I am about to bring my remarks to a close.

He’s scared of me!

I will happily give way, then. I am certainly not scared of the hon. Lady.

The Immigration Minister says there is mounting evidence. Which agency does it come from? Is it B...

I gave way to the hon. Lady against my better judgment, and what she says is not the point. The p...

If you will allow, Sir Roger, I understand that Members can speak twice in Committee of the whole...

In addition to the lack of evidence, does my hon. Friend agree that the Minister has failed to pu...

Order. Before we go any further, I remind Members that we are in Committee. In Committee, Members...

Thank you, Sir Roger, for that clarification; I am sure that other hon. Members may also find it ...

Order. I now do have to call the hon. Lady to order, because she is making a general speech. She ...

Thank you very much, Sir Roger. I would be glad to return to the topics of the Bill.

At the...

I am sure that lots of Members in the House and lots of people watching at home will want my hon....

Order. I know that this measure arouses strong opinions, but we do have a process in this House: ...

Yes; my hon. Friend would be referring to amendment 191—in clause 2, page 2, line 33—which would ...

Order. Let us try again. The new First Minister of Scotland, however honourable he may be, is not...

This matter is certainly pertinent to the amendments that we have tabled. Humza’s grandparents ca...

Is that not the importance of my hon. Friend’s amendment 189, which we are discussing today? She ...

They should indeed. Amendment 189 recognises not just the plight of Afghans facing a terrible sit...

Am I not right in thinking that Sabir Zazai has been made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order ...

Order. Hon. Members are in danger of abusing the House. I am being scrupulously fair and trying t...

With reference to amendment 189 and the contribution of Afghans, Sabir Zazai tells a story of whe...

On amendment 189, which deals with Afghan citizens, it is striking that the Minister for Veterans...

I absolutely agree with the hon. Lady. I sat through many phone calls at the time with Ministers ...

Does the Minister wish to respond?

indicated dissent.

Does the hon. Lady wish to press the amendment to a Division?

indicated dissent.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendment proposed: 189, page 2, l...