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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jan 2022
Foreign Interference: Intelligence and Security

"Two years ago, I wrote a paper on how to bring in a foreign lobbying law into the UK—the Security Minister has a copy of that. With great respect to the Home Secretary, I think that these scandals will just carry on, as they have been doing ever since I …..."
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Written Question
UK Border Agency: Patrol Craft
Monday 10th January 2022

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Home Office has domestic procurement targets for Border Patrol vessels.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The procurement for the new fleet of Border Force vessels has yet to be launched and as such decisions on issues such as that raised have yet to be made.

We can confirm however that the procurement will, consistent with the National Shipbuilding Strategy currently being refreshed, provide opportunities for UK suppliers to bid for contracts and ensure that best value for money is obtained.

Written Question
UK Border Force: Shipping
Monday 7th June 2021

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Home Office:

What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that British shipyards can compete in procurement processes for UK Border Force vessels.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

Earlier this year, the Secretary of State for Defence announced a refresh of the National Shipbuilding Strategy. This will outline the Government’s plans for shipbuilding programmes and how it intends to set the conditions for a globally successful, innovative and sustainable national shipbuilding enterprise.

Naturally, the Home Office and specifically Border Force is fully engaged with the strategy refresh as part of its programme to renew our maritime capabilities.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What progress her Department has made on implementing the immigration route for Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas) passport holders to settle in the UK. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"I congratulate the Home Secretary and her Ministers on the excellent work with Hong Kong BNOs, and long may it continue. On the wider point of asylum, may I thank the Secretary of State and her excellent ministerial team for the much-needed reforms to the asylum system that they are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Jul 2020
Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report

"I fully accept what the Minister says about this Government acting, and I give credit where credit is due. I have met folks in the Russia unit, and I thank them for their work. However, from 2007 to at least 2014, as the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) said …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jun 2020
Windrush Compensation Scheme

"I commend the Home Secretary for her typically robust, no-nonsense approach of taking control of this issue and for her personal dedication to righting the wrongs of the past, which is extremely important. I welcome the cross-Government working group. Can she confirm that the work of this group will complement …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What estimate she has made of the number of additional police officers joining Hampshire constabulary during the 2019 Parliament. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome the increase to Hampshire—and Isle of Wight—constabulary. Does the Minister agree that the increase will enable police in both Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, as well as in other areas of the UK, to follow up lower level crime? It causes great concern to all our constituents, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Bill

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell), who made some very important points.

I welcome the Bill and the Government’s recognition that the Windrush compensation scheme is a critical step in rectifying mistakes made and the losses faced by individuals wrongly deported from …..."
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