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Written Question
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Monday 3rd July 2023

Asked by: Chris Clarkson (Conservative - Heywood and Middleton)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of small boat crossings of the English Channel.

Answered by Suella Braverman

We have to stop these dangerous, illegal, and unnecessary crossings and are investing £480m with our French partners on additional personnel, facilities and technology.

Our Illegal Migration Bill will do more to remove those with no right to be here, deter migrants from crossing, and reduce the intolerable cost to the taxpayer. We will also seek permission to appeal the recent judgment about our partnership with Rwanda from the Court of Appeal.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"4. What steps her Department is taking to ensure national security. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"When it comes to the Rwanda policy, the Labour party is all over the shop. The left hand does not know what the far left hand is doing. The other day the Leader of the Opposition’s spokesman said that they could not rule out maintaining this policy, while the shadow …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Apr 2022
Global Migration Challenge

"Ever since this policy was announced over the bank holiday weekend, we have heard some very strong rhetoric from the Opposition parties, leaning into some very lazy tropes about Africa and dripping with European exceptionalism. Can I ask my right hon. Friend whether she agrees with me in condemning that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2021
Grooming Gangs

"It is a pleasure and an honour to follow the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion). She has given so much by giving a voice to the voiceless in this Chamber. I pay tribute to her work over eight years. I also pay tribute to her and to my hon. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Nov 2020
Protections for Emergency Service Workers

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers) for securing this important debate.

This year more than most we are relying absolutely on the work of our emergency services, as we work to tackle the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2020
Channel Crossings in Small Boats

"I start by paying tribute to our law enforcement and our Royal Navy, despite the comments of Opposition Members. It is approximately a 300-mile drive from Heywood in my constituency to Dover, in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mrs Elphicke). When I say to the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jul 2020
Domestic Abuse Bill

"I would like to start by saying this is a good Bill. I would particularly like to add my support to new clause 20, and I pay tribute to my hon. Friends the Members for Newbury (Laura Farris) and for Wyre Forest (Mark Garnier) and to the Mother of the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Operation Augusta

"Does the hon. Gentleman agree that for the report to be truly effective somebody has to be held to account? The collective amnesia of the people involved at the highest levels is simply not acceptable...."
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