Nationality and Borders Bill

It is a pleasure to follow the excellent speech by the hon. Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) in p...

I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman could cast his mind back to the Nationality, Immigration and ...

As I mentioned, any reasons to strip people of citizenship are given on notice, but this deprives...

Do you agree with the principle?

I do not agree with the principle of it: it should be done on notice.

Clause 9 means that i...

I very much agree with the point that my hon. Friend is making. Is he aware of the very widesprea...

My right hon. Friend is exactly right.

In recent years, the Government have unlawfully fail...

Can I just ask the hon. Gentleman very simply: does he agree with the principle of citizenship re...

The British Nationality Act has been in law for the last 40 years and that provides the power to ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that to deprive a person of their citizenship without warning or explan...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. She is exactly right. How can it be right that somebody ...

My hon. Friend has made a very important point about people not knowing that they have been depri...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. How can someone know when the 28 days are going to run ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that at the heart of this matter is the complete stripping away of due ...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. This measure will clearly affect people who have other ci...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I will give way one last time, but I need to make progress; otherwise, there will be very little ...

I am grateful to the hon. Member. He is a reasonable man, so I am sure that he will agree that wh...

Many people have dual nationality in the UK, and those are the people who are in fear of the meas...

I have heard that when the Bill was being prepared, the Children’s Commissioner was not consulted...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I am not aware that the Children’s Commissioner was consu...

Order. Perhaps I should give a little bit of guidance. There are two groups of amendments this af...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I ask a question with respect to your ruling? I take it that...

I am sure that very careful consideration will be given to the tabled amendments, but some people...

Thank you for that, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was not looking for a promise.

Before I talk ab...

My right hon. Friend is making an incredibly strong point. Does he think it is quite inappropriat...

I do think that, but I was focusing on the security element, and I do not think that the security...

I remind hon. Members that being fairly brief in remarks, as done admirably by David Davis, will ...

Even though the Scottish National party has fundamental disagreements with most of this horrific ...

Does my hon. Friend agree with me that it is not only us and the right hon. Member for Haltempric...

I am coming to the end, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I pay tribute to Mr Iqbal, my hon. Friend’s con...

Order. I remind hon. Members that this debate has to finish at 4.46 pm. Obviously, the Minister w...

I wish to speak to new clause 5, and I thank the more than 50 colleagues, representing every part...

As my right hon. Friend knows, I am a signatory to his new clause. Does he share my concern that ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and she anticipates a point I was about to make. The key poin...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on having tabled this new clause. It speaks of the decency of...

My right hon. Friend is exactly right. Most of these young people are fighting for the values tha...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for tabling this new clause. Does he agree that the under-25s fr...

I do not wish to get into wider issues in the immigration system, as at the moment I am most conc...

Order. May I clarify that everybody who wants to speak in this debate is now standing? I call Bel...

I wish to speak to new clause 8 about child citizenship fees, which I am grateful has been signed...

Does my hon. Friend agree that to make children bear the burden of this Government’s hostile envi...

I absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend, and I am sure she will agree with me that, clearly,...

I rise to speak to new clause 4, which would secure the right of abode of the brave and loyal ser...

I am a co-signatory to new clause 4, and I congratulate the hon. Member on bringing it to the Hou...

They most certainly should, and it should not have taken all this time for the Government to acce...

Am I right in thinking that these very patriotic individuals are seeking the right to come here i...

My right hon. Friend makes a superb point, and he is of course completely correct. These ex-servi...

I thank the hon. Member and the right hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green) for tabling this imp...

I think that refers to a different amendment, Madam Deputy Speaker.

On new clause 4, is it not the case for this very explicit group of people, who have given loyalt...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point and I agree wholeheartedly. This is about giving people w...

Order. Can I once again urge colleagues to stick to the five minutes that we talked about? We are...

We have a fair old mixter-maxter of different amendments, new clauses and other provisions, and a...

Order. After the next speaker, I will impose a time limit of four minutes.

I rise to speak to new clause 7, which is in my name, and has been kindly supported by Members fr...

I call Seema Malhotra, with a time limit of four minutes.

3.30 pm

I want first to acknowledge my support for new clause 8, which my hon. Friend the Member for Stre...

Today’s debate covers many different aspects. I certainly hope that the Government will consider ...

I am not sure whether I heard the hon. Member properly. We are talking today about people dying b...

With the greatest respect, what I am talking about is a specific aspect of the revocation of nati...

To clarify, in reference to the very eloquent speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (...

I am grateful for the hon. Member’s comments. I specifically quoted two words that the hon. Membe...

I am listening carefully to the point that the hon. Gentleman is making, but will he take it from...

Over the past 10 or 11 years, I have agreed with the right hon. Gentleman many times on many issu...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I have given way quite a lot. Can I make some progress? I am just conscious that a lot of people ...

I am very glad that the hon. Member has given way. I was not present when he referred to my speec...

Order. I am afraid that we have run out of time. The allotted time allows two interventions, and ...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the debate. I have just welcomed Little Amal to Par...

My hon. Friend is describing exactly what could have happened to me when I was born. It is likely...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. [Interruption.] Let me just say that, being a middle chil...

rose—

No, I will not give way.

Is this also being done because it means that the appeals process ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

Yes, I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, who made a wonderful speech.

I am grateful to the hon. Lady. She is making some interesting points, but it is really important...

I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. What I would say to everyone is that I am not tryin...

I have been listening to the hon. Lady and I am very confused. Can she tell me where exactly in t...

I do not feel that I can even respond to the hon. Member’s comments, but I will say that I agree ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is perhaps not the best look to persuade people to trust this G...

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I was born and raised in this country. I do not even...

I know that emotions are running high on both sides, but Members on both sides should try to take...

I rise to speak to amendment 12 to clause 9. Peterborough is a city of an estimated 20,000 Muslim...

I also rise to speak in support of amendment 12.

Citizenship is a fundamental right that sp...

I wish to focus on clause 9 but will refer to amendment 12.

Clause 9 amends the deprivation...

The hon. Member is describing a textbook example of how the Home Office is supposed to work, but ...

I agree, in that I, too, have constituents who have been waiting for five years for their asylum ...

I rise in support of amendment 12, which was tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and ...

Order. I will reduce the time limit to just three minutes, because I want to try to get as many p...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. The residents of Rother Valley warmly welcome the Bill....

The hon. Member says that officials cannot go to some places to inform people about their citizen...

I thank the hon. Lady for that point, although I am a bit confused about it. Shamima Begum could ...

Thousands of constituents in Ilford South are certainly not terrorists. What happens if they deci...

Order. We cannot have interventions that last longer than the speech that is being given.

I thank the hon. Member for Ilford South (Sam Tarry). That seems to be Labour Members’ argument. ...

rose—

I have given way twice, and have already gained a couple more minutes, so I will not give way on ...

I was proud to add my name to new clause 8, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Be...

It is better to move on from such an appalling speech.

Amendment 12, tabled by my right hon...

I am deeply concerned by and opposed to the great majority of the proposals in this inherently au...

There have been some powerful speeches, and I want in particular to pay tribute to the speech mad...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I am not going to give way. The hon. Member talked enough rubbish before.

I want to draw a ...

I just want to put on record four things. First, this Bill is an appalling piece of legislation. ...

I wish to support new clause 8, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-A...

It has certainly been an interesting debate. I thank the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Enf...

Amendment 12 would remove clause 9 in its entirety, undermining the integrity of the immigration ...

It is important that we are completely accurate in what we are saying. It is true that the Bill a...

I am pleased the right hon. Gentleman did not throw a book at the Dispatch Box this time. Let me ...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 1—Prescribed period un...

I am conscious of the wide interest in a significant number of these amendments, so I will predom...

The Minister makes a critical point about claiming asylum in the first safe country. People traff...

Not for the first time, I find myself agreeing with my right hon. Friend wholeheartedly. It is fa...

What my hon. Friend just stated is not unique to him but was stated by the former Labour Home Sec...

Any right-minded or fair-minded person would think it was entirely appropriate for people to enga...

If the legislation is carried in the way the Minister wishes, what impact will it have on the awf...

The measures in the Bill are significant. We have recognised—the Home Secretary has consistently ...

Yesterday, in a scathing attack on this Bill, Welsh Government Cabinet Ministers issued a stateme...

The short answer to that rather long intervention is no. It is not the first time that I find mys...

Would the Minister just think for a moment what it is like to get into a small dinghy and try to ...

I am afraid that the intervention is a disappointing one, in the sense that I would not for a mom...

Of course, what the former leader of the Labour party was trying to say was that the French are f...

It is probably fair to say that those on the Benches of the right hon. Member for Islington North...

I have sat through hours of this debate and have been shocked—although I should not be surprised—...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. One of the things we have been very clear about is that we want ...

Is not the reality that there are people who come to France fleeing their country of origin with ...

The hon. and learned Lady comes to this debate with ideas and suggestions about how we tackle thi...

rose—

I would like to make some progress, if I may.

Amendments 39, 40 to 43, 46 and 47 clarify th...

My constituency may be landlocked but I grew up on the Kent coast, where many of those who cross ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes the case so eloquently for the RNLI, and sets out the ...

This Bill is a sham. It does nothing to create safe routes for resettlement, nothing to garner in...

Does the hon. Member recognise that since 2015, the number of unaccompanied children arriving in ...

At the moment, there are no safe routes for children to come to the UK. That is why there has bee...

I have heard a lot of attacks on what the Government are trying to do, and a lot about social med...

If the hon. Member will allow me to continue, he may be interested in what I will say on new clau...

I thank the shadow Minister for giving way, because the Minister would not. The Government seem t...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The Bill will fail if there are not reciprocal arrangeme...

Will the hon. Member give way on that point?

I will, but then I must make progress.

The hon. Member is making his speech in a quiet and reasonable way, but does he not think the pro...

I agree with the hon. Member, but that is directly because we no longer have reciprocal arrangeme...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will make progress.

The agreements we had previously, such as Dublin III, gave people who...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. Does he agree that at the core of this is ...

As I have previously said, international co-operation is at the root of dealing with the problems...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will give way one last time, but then I really must make progress.

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. As a point of clarification, the comment was made in the pre...

We have already had that debate—in the last Parliament. As is proposed in the Dublin III amendmen...

I have met many Commonwealth soldiers in my constituency, including Fijians who have worked close...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. To ask servicemen and women to pay for the privilege of livin...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will give way one last time, but I must make progress.

The hon. Gentleman is generous. Does Labour think there should be any limit on the number of peop...

As I have made clear, I am speaking about Commonwealth veterans who are fighting for us, defendin...

I will not take too long in my remarks, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I wish to make a couple of clea...

Rather than fixing the broken asylum system, the provisions in this part of the Bill risk breakin...

I thank my hon. Friend for his forensic work on the Bill in Committee. He correctly says that the...

I am grateful to my hon. and learned Friend for her intervention, and I am happy to confirm that ...

Will my hon. Friend take an intervention?

Very briefly.

I have been told to be very brief, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is my hon. Friend aware of Dr Nick Marti...

The evidence about how disgraceful the Australian system was is overwhelming. My hon. Friend adds...

My amendment 150 to clause 28, using the “notwithstanding” formula, would exclude the Human Right...

I strongly support my hon. Friend’s amendment. Did he note that when I asked the Minister for an ...

Not only was the Minister not able to, but he did not want to.

This year alone, 26,000 have...

I rise to speak to amendments 96 to 100 and 102, which stand in my name and those of other hon. M...

May I say what a pleasure it is to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Pe...

We agree on many things, but perhaps not on this. Does my right hon. Friend accept that, unless w...

Of course I will look at it. I have said to the Ministers that much of the Bill is worth while. M...

I thank the right hon. Member for everything that he is doing on this. He will be aware of Madeli...

I think everybody in this House wants to do the right thing by our own country and the right thin...

Is my right hon. Friend not overlooking the deterrent effect that this would have?

Hear, hear!

I hear lots of cheering. That was the argument with respect to the Australian system, but the rea...

I am in favour of a number of amendments, but for the purposes of time I will largely keep my com...

I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests in respe...

My right hon. Friend speaks with great passion on this issue, and I am grateful for the construct...

I hope my hon. Friend the Minister will not mind my instantly picking up on the fact that he very...

Order. I will have to implement a three-minute limit; otherwise, we simply will not get people in...

This Bill is literally inhumane: it dehumanises asylum seekers, puts lives at risk and turns peop...

It is not just the asylum system that is broken; it is also the immigration enforcement system. L...

I will be prioritising people who have tabled amendments.

Before I speak to my new clause 9, I want to associate myself fully with the comments of the righ...

An app-based solution was helpfully suggested by the3million. Having held my role, the hon. Lady ...

I thank the Minister for that—it is a bit of a breakthrough. It is important that the Home Office...

I rise to comment on new clause 52. This is important, because in April 2019, I wrote a letter wi...

It goes without saying that if colleagues can take less than three minutes, we will get more peop...

No pressure, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to speak in support of new clauses 10 and 11 and amendm...

Order. I think all this shouting across the Chamber is not doing anybody any favours.

Members on the Government Benches can shout, but they are literally voting for something that wil...

I rise in support of amendment 150 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir Willia...

I am sorry, but I am going to put a two-minute limit on speeches. I know that will not be popular...

I will do my very best, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to speak to new clause 44 on safe and legal ...

Order. I am sorry, but time is up.

The Pope was recently in Greece, and he criticised European Governments for their lack of humanit...

I have to say there were a lot of myths and misunderstandings in that last contribution.

I ...

The UK has a long-standing reputation as a beacon of human rights, but we in the House must recog...

The asylum system certainly is broken, and this is not the Bill to fix it. On the Afghan resettle...

Order. I will now call the Minister, but I am sure he is aware that there may be people who might...

I thank hon. Members for their contributions to the debate and for the way in which most of those...

I am listening carefully to my hon. Friend. He says that the Government are committed to resolvin...

I refer my right hon. Friend back to the point that I have already made. We intend to consult on ...

It sounds like the Minister is announcing something a bit more radical than perhaps we had antici...

The point that I would make is that the Government will set out their intentions in due course. I...

It is extremely encouraging news that the Government are going to—at last, I have to say—consider...

As I say, Ministers will come to the House with further details in due course.

Work is unde...

I am pleased to hear how valued members of our service community are. This is a good opportunity ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for making his case in the eloquent way the House is so used to. Membe...

Many Ministers before my hon. Friend—many Defence Secretaries and many Prime Ministers—have said,...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend and note the conviction with which he speaks about these matters,...