Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Karen Bradley and Michael Fabricant

Thursday 14th January 2016 Commons Chamber

[Karen Bradley]

I agree with the hon. Gentleman that detention should be a very last resort. It is regrettable in many ways that we have to have detention, but as part of an immigration system that is fair to all, detention is needed in those exceptional circumstances where people refuse to leave the country when they have been ordered to do so. Women are treated with the utmost dignity, and it is important to treat all people in detention with dignity.

[Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)]

4. What steps the Government are taking to address the issue of low body confidence in girls and young men; and if she will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Karen Bradley and Michael Fabricant

Monday 16th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Karen Bradley]

I am not sure that I need to speak directly to my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, as she heard what the right hon. Gentleman said. It is important to point out that the proportion of police on the frontline has gone up and it is incredibly important that we work with communities to ensure that we root out these crimes.

[Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)]

Is my hon. Friend aware that ISIL has sought to justify its attack on the Bataclan theatre by saying that it was an attack on promiscuous youth and the perversion of French homosexuals? Does she agree that that is the worst of all hate crimes and would be condemned by all decent people?

[Karen Bradley]

My hon. Friend sums it up perfectly and I do not think that there is anything I can add.