Major Incident in Essex Debate

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Department: Home Office

Major Incident in Essex

Harriett Baldwin Excerpts
Monday 28th October 2019

(5 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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We have received no formal reports of anything of that nature, but we will obviously follow up any evidence of wrongdoing or the discarding of foreign documents.

Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con)
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No one could fail to be moved by the terrible stories of young lives that were literally snuffed out. I appreciate that my right hon. Friend cannot say where the victims came from, but I know that in the past some victims have been identified as coming from Vietnam, and that the UK has a very strong ministerial strategic dialogue with Vietnam. Will the Home Secretary ensure that at the next meeting she discusses with her officials how we can communicate to these young people, jointly, the message that they should not make this dangerous journey?