Illegal Immigration Debate

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Department: Home Office

Illegal Immigration

Deidre Brock Excerpts
Wednesday 15th November 2023

(11 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Cleverly Portrait James Cleverly
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A friend of every country except their own, I think.

Deidre Brock Portrait Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith) (SNP)
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The Home Secretary is clearly under a lot of pressure from his Back Benchers on this, but may I remind him that the ECHR is entwined throughout many years of devolved Parliament legislation, and indeed Scottish case law? What assurances can he give that his Government will not attempt to weaken or change the ECHR without consent from the devolved Administrations?

James Cleverly Portrait James Cleverly
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With regard to amendments, when I was Foreign Secretary I made the point that if we want to preserve institutions, they need to evolve. Nothing should be caught in aspic or frozen in amber. Ultimately, once again, the hon. Lady asks me to be distracted from our core effort, which is delivering on our multi-strand approach to tackling illegal migration, and I refuse to do so.