Debates between Tim Farron and Alex Chalk during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Tim Farron and Alex Chalk
Tuesday 9th January 2024

(11 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alex Chalk Portrait Alex Chalk
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I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend, who speaks with such authority. The circumstances are truly exceptional. When I was a Back Bencher, I went on the record as saying that Horizon is the most serious miscarriage of justice since the Guildford Four or the Birmingham Six. But the clue is that there were four in the Guildford case and six in the Birmingham case; we are talking about hundreds of people. The situation is truly exceptional and unprecedented, and it will need an appropriate resolution.

Tim Farron Portrait Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)
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Under the Illegal Migration Act 2023, victims of human trafficking who arrived in the UK via irregular routes would not have legal recourse to receive support under modern slavery provisions. Are Ministers comfortable with that? They do not look like monsters, so I assume not. If they are not, what will they do about it?