Exiting the European Union (Sanctions)
Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Iain Duncan Smith(5 years, 1 month ago)
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Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green) (Con)
Following the intervention the hon. Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes), a fact that I find most harrowing is that aid lorries are now being turned away from the Venezuelan border because the Government are worried that they will lose their grip. That and the point he made exactly define an absence of humanity.
Mr Deputy Speaker (Sir Lindsay Hoyle)
Order. May I just remind the House that we have quite a lot of other speakers?
Migrant Crossings
Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Iain Duncan Smith(5 years, 4 months ago)
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Mr Deputy Speaker (Sir Lindsay Hoyle)
This is a very important statement, but can we please show some brevity? It was an important question and we wanted a very full answer, but it was much longer than I would have expected. So please, can we have brevity in both questions and answers?
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green) (Con)
My right hon. Friend is absolutely right to stress the safety and security of the people who try this most dangerous crossing. Given that, he is also right to say that people should claim asylum in the first safe country they come to—France is clearly that country—and for one very good reason: if they do not do so they will live in squalor while they seek to get across the channel, putting their own lives at risk. Has the Home Secretary checked how long the people trying to cross the channel have spent in France without declaring themselves as asylum seekers?