All 1 Debates between Mary Kelly Foy and Bob Stewart

Mon 27th Mar 2023
Illegal Migration Bill
Commons Chamber

Committee stage: Committee of the whole House (day 1)

Illegal Migration Bill

Debate between Mary Kelly Foy and Bob Stewart
Mary Kelly Foy Portrait Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham) (Lab)
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Let be me clear: this Bill is inhumane. It is not an illegal migration Bill: it is an anti-refugee Bill, and an extension of the failed hostile environment policy introduced by the Conservative party.

Bob Stewart Portrait Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con)
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Will the hon. Lady give way?

Mary Kelly Foy Portrait Mary Kelly Foy
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No, I am not going to give way at this point; I have waited since 5.30 pm. Sorry, Bob.

Anti-refugee MPs have been emboldened by the Home Secretary’s rhetoric of hate, as we can see from the amendments and new clauses and by what we have heard from many Government Members. Unbelievably, the Bill has the potential to be even worse than when it came to the House on Second Reading. Let us not forget that the day after an immigration facility was attacked—it was firebombed—the Home Secretary spoke of an “invasion” of southern England. It has been reported today that the Home Secretary even fuelled a rebellion against her own Bill in order to introduce tougher amendments.