Nationality and Borders Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Lords amendment 5B, and Governmen...

I will be as brief as I can, Mr Deputy Speaker.

These are amendments that we have already d...

Under international law, anyone can claim asylum in any country that has signed the 1951 UN refug...

The point that I have consistently made is that the British Government act at all times in accord...

The 1951 UN refugee convention is quite clear, and I do not think that the Minister has answered ...

I can only reiterate the point that, at all times, the United Kingdom Government act in accordanc...

Could my hon. Friend set out for the House what the safe and legal routes are, apart from the now...

In terms of various schemes, as I say, we have a rich and proud history in this country of provid...

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I am conscious that I need to make some progress and that time is short, but I will give way to m...

A safe route would kill the evil traffic of people smuggling at a stroke. That is one way of deal...

I am always grateful to my hon. Friend for his considered interventions and for the thought and c...

Further to the points that have been made, will the Minister outline what, for example, a Kurdish...

I disagree with the hon. Gentleman’s suggestion about allowing people to claim asylum at embassie...

I will make some progress but I will gladly give way later. The Government continue to work with ...

Will the Minister explain a bit more about why he thinks that that proposal poses such a danger? ...

I would argue that the safeguards that we have accepted, which Lord Anderson proposed with real s...

Will the Minister give way?

I give way to my hon. Friend, who is always persistent.

I am very grateful—I am not optimistic about getting three minutes to speak, so I thought that I ...

As I said last time we debated these matters, my hon. Friend cares passionately about this issue....

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I must make some progress, as I am conscious that quite a lot of hon. Members want to speak in th...

Does my hon. Friend accept that Lords amendments 7B and 7C have been qualified to make the proper...

I am concerned that the evil criminal gangs miss no opportunity to try to market a vision of comi...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will make some progress, as it is important that hon. Members have the opportunity to speak in ...

I recognise my hon. Friend’s concerns about this, but the main point to be taken from it—I hope t...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his intervention and long-standing interest in this iss...

Does the Minister agree that any legislation touching on modern slavery must recognise that it ta...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise this point. I can give her the reassurance that at all...

The Minister says the proposal is to break the business model of people smugglers; he will know t...

I profoundly disagree with the hon. Gentleman. He and I debated these matters many times in Commi...

The Minister knows, because we have discussed the matter several times since the announcement, th...

My hon. Friend always raises pertinent issues on behalf of his constituents in Winchester. As the...

My hon. Friend asks whether there is an alternative to the Rwanda scheme, which I accept is not d...

I agree with my hon. Friend in the sense that that is one intervention we need to make to improve...

Going back to the point raised by the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) about th...

My hon. Friend is right to say that the evidence that we heard from the Australian representative...

Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?

I will give way to my right hon. Friend, but I am very conscious of the time.

I will make this point quickly. Yesterday, the erstwhile Prime Minister made the point to the Hom...

I will not say any more over and above that which I have already set out this afternoon. Moreover...

Multiple votes will begin no later than 5.48 pm.

Our country deserves an asylum system that offers the public confidence that the Government are i...

Can the shadow Minister give us a simple yes or no on whether the Labour party supports the Rwand...

I can give a very simple answer: the Labour party does not support the Rwanda plan, for reasons t...

Is the hon. Gentleman aware, as I am, that the experience of local authorities involved in the re...

There are two dimensions to what the hon. Gentleman is questioning. The first is about the capaci...

I am grateful to be called to speak so early, and I will be as brief as possible.

I say to ...

Members on both sides of the House might agree that the Lords got it right when they said that th...

My hon. Friend is right that the amount of scrutiny time being afforded to this House is ridiculo...

I agree with everything that my hon. Friend has just said.

I turn to Lords amendments 15 an...

I draw the House’s attention to my registered interests.

I want to try to be constructive w...

Does my right hon. Friend share the concern that many of us have who wish to see the Government s...

My hon. Friend absolutely puts his finger on the point, and he knows of what he speaks because he...

I would like to use my three minutes, which have not come up on the clock yet, to focus on Lords ...

I call Sally-Ann Hart to speak until 5.47 pm.

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I shall be quick and focus on Lords amendment 7. The question wheth...

I thank Members across the House for their contributions to this afternoon’s debate on issues tha...

I have to give some information before putting the Question. I have been given an indication that...

Order. We understand that one pass reader is out in the No Lobby. They are going to try to reboot...

Order. Conversations should not be loud while we are having Divisions. You can whisper quietly an...

Before we come to the next Division, I must inform Members that unfortunately the pass readers in...

Before we continue with the business, I apologise for the delay that has occurred in the No Lobby...