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Debate between Angela Eagle and Sarah Coombes
Wednesday 6th November 2024

(1 month, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle
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Well, getting to that level of withdrawal would be a fantastic development that would put incredible pressure on many of the supply lines currently being used; if we could get to that stage, we would have already made significant progress. The answer to what the right hon. Gentleman is talking about is international co-operation to put the maximum pressure on this terrible international trade in human lives and exploitation. I am glad that he is giving me a little bit of time to prove that we can make a difference.

Sarah Coombes Portrait Sarah Coombes (West Bromwich) (Lab)
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People in West Brom are appalled by these criminal smuggling gangs. Does the Minister agree that the last Government wasted £700 million on the totally failed Rwanda scheme? Could she set out how the new Government are going to fix the situation?

Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle
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Yes, and the repurposing of some of that money and resource that has not been lost is funding the new approach.