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Patrick Grady

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HS2: Revised Timetable and Budget
Tuesday 14th March 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Patrick Grady Portrait Patrick Grady (Glasgow North)  (SNP)
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T6.   Many people who come here on small boats are fleeing war where this country has sold weapons, natural disasters where this Government have given up on tackling climate change, and hunger and disease where this Government have slashed the aid budget. How does anything in yesterday’s integrated review tackle the push factors that cause so much displacement and migration in the first place?

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The integrated review published yesterday sets out a comprehensive approach to dealing with all those issues, including migration in particular. Migration is a complex area that requires a whole series of different interventions. There is, alas, no silver bullet.

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