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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

"If a person who had been made the subject of an order that had been deemed to have been served came to this country without knowing that it had been served, would they have committed an offence?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

"This reminds me of one of my constituents. He went to Somalia and then went to Djibouti, where he was arrested and handed over to the Americans. When he said he was a British citizen, he was told, “No, you’re not. The Home Secretary has taken your citizenship away.” He …..."
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Written Question

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Thursday 1st May 2014

Asked by: Frank Dobson (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, in the light of the High Court decision of 11 February 2014, she will now set up a public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The Home Secretary has decided not to seek permission to appeal the judgment and is giving fresh consideration to the exercise of her discretion to establish an inquiry. The Government continues to co-operate fully with the Inquest into Mr Litvinenko's death.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2014
Immigration Bill

"When I first became a Member of this House, anyone born in Britain automatically became a British citizen. That right was taken away by the Thatcher Government. Will this law apply to the children of people who have acquired British citizenship?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2014
Immigration Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2014
Immigration Bill

"It may be a fault in me that I did not understand the Home Secretary’s reply to my question earlier. Will she confirm that the child of someone who had acquired British citizenship would be subject to the law that she envisages?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2014
Immigration Bill

"If that is the case, what powers did the Home Secretary use to take citizenship away from my constituent Mahdi Hashi, who was then kidnapped by the Americans in Somalia and is now in court in New York?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2014
Immigration Bill

"I shall try to be very brief.

The Home Secretary’s proposal to extend her powers in respect of the removal of British citizenship from a limited and specific group of people must be assessed against the judgment that it is in the national interest or for the public good. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2014
Immigration Bill

"I entirely agree. That is why I am doubtful about the capacity to take away people’s British citizenship.

There is a substantial Somali community in my constituency. Needless to say, it includes quite a few testosterone-exuding young men who are very upset about what is happening in Somalia, and who …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Sep 2012
London Metropolitan University

"How can the Minister believe that punishing students who are entitled to be at London Metropolitan university fits in with any British feeling of fairness?..."
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