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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps her Department is taking to tackle people smuggling. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Following the ridiculous decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute illegal migrants on the grounds that they have

“no choice in how they travel”,

as if they do not voluntarily pay a people smuggler €10,000 or voluntarily get in a dinghy, or the even more absurd reason that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Jul 2021
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"  I thank the Home Secretary for fulfilling her pledge on the Floor of the House to meet Aid to the Church in Need and myself tomorrow to discuss the case of Maira Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Christian girl who was abducted, kidnapped, and forced into hiding. I do not want …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Jul 2021
EU Settlement Scheme

"The difficulty for the SNP in this sort of debate is that while they are quite right to talk about some teething problems relating to our leaving the EU, will those problems not be compounded a thousand times more if the United Kingdom was broken up? For centuries Scots have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Jul 2021
EU Settlement Scheme

"I thought the hon. Gentleman would make that answer. That settlement was made in 1921. The difficulty for the SNP is that it would have to reapply as a new state to join the EU. It is very unlikely that the EU would bend all its rules, as happened in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jun 2021
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" What steps her Department is taking to tackle people smuggling. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jun 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Minister recognise the public anger at us being made fools of in this? Border Force is little more than a taxi service for illegal migrants—it is ridiculous. Will the Minister assure me that he will use his powers under the Immigration Act 1971 to arrest all illegal immigrants, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jun 2021
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" If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jun 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Home Secretary recall that I wrote to her on 20 April on behalf of Aid to the Church in Need about the case of Maira Shahbaz? I still await a reply. Maira is a 15-year-old Christian girl from Pakistan, who was raped, abducted and kidnapped, and is now …..."
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Written Question
Passports
Friday 23rd April 2021

Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what feedback her Department has received on the quality of the manufacture and printing of new UK passports; and what estimate she has made of value for money in the award of the contract for the manufacture and printing of those passports.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The new British passport is a highly secure document containing some of the most sophisticated security technologies. Its components are rigorously tested to simulate normal passport handling over its ten-year lifespan.

Her Majesty's Passport Office undertakes routine quality assurance, and remains content the latest version of the British passport, including the personalisation process, continues to meet its requirements. The current contract to design, manufacture, and personalise the British passport continues to ensure good value for the taxpayer, with expected savings of approximately £140m compared to the previous contract awarded in 2009.