Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

John Bercow Excerpts
Monday 3rd December 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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One of the lessons from the Brexit vote was that people wanted to see control of our immigration system—one that is designed in Britain for our national interest, and that is certainly what we will be setting out. We want a system that is based on an individual’s skills and on what they have to contribute, not on their nationality.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Question 13 in the name of the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) is certainly germane to the question with which we are dealing and therefore—it is not obligatory—if she wishes to rise to her feet now and give the House the benefit of her thoughts we will be happy to hear them.

Angela Crawley Portrait Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East) (SNP)
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13. The UK detains more migrants than the majority of European countries and is alone in detaining indefinitely without a time limit. Does the Minister accept the findings of the Shaw review that detention is harmful to mental health and will he end indefinite detention?

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Clive Lewis Portrait Clive Lewis (Norwich South) (Lab)
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Will the Minister meet me to discuss the case of my constituent Mohammed Al-Maily, a Saudi national with indefinite leave to remain who has been told that he is liable for removal from the UK despite living in the UK for 28 years with his wife? The reason the Home Office has stated is that it shredded the archives detailing whom it had granted indefinite leave to remain to, and the Saudi embassy claims to have lost his passport evidencing his right to leave to remain in the UK.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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That is what I would describe as illegitimate shoehorning. It is quite common for colleagues to seek to shoehorn into another question their own preoccupation. To do so so nakedly by advertising another case is a trifle cheeky on the part of the hon. Gentleman, but in observation of and tribute to his ingenuity, as well as to his cheek, perhaps the Secretary of State can be allowed to answer.

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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The Home Office will take a closer look at that case.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I think the hon. Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) should be well satisfied with that.

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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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The hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) is looking remarkably stoical, in the light of his team’s two-goal defeat by four goals to two at Arsenal yesterday.

Bob Blackman Portrait Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
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T4. I will not be tempted by your tormenting me to comment on the annual ritual, Mr Speaker.During the recent al-Quds march, the police were once again powerless to take action against people displaying flags of Hezbollah and Hamas, on the grounds that they are the political wings of those illegal terrorist organisations. When will my right hon. Friend proscribe both Hamas and Hezbollah, so that we can take action to prevent those terrorist groups from displaying their flags on our streets?

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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Ah, Mr Courts, we have not heard from you. Let us do so.

Robert Courts Portrait Robert Courts (Witney) (Con)
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What steps are Ministers taking to create an open and global immigration system?

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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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We must of course—all of us, in every Department—do all we can to help vulnerable people, including disabled people. That includes addressing hate crime against disabled people, which is of course completely unacceptable. We refreshed our hate crime action plan recently. We are always looking to see what more we can do.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Succinctness personified: Mr Gavin Robinson.

Gavin Robinson Portrait Gavin Robinson (Belfast East) (DUP)
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. Will the Home Secretary, in developing a new immigration system, support on Wednesday the ten-minute rule Bill in the name of the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq), which would end a ridiculous situation in which terror suspects have better detention rights than those seeking to make the UK their home?