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Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
Wendy Morton (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the Minister for coming to the Chamber today and for all his work. I am also grateful to the Under-Secretary of State for Refugees, my hon. Friend the Member for Watford (Richard Harrington) and those in the Department for International Development who have helped to deal with this crisis, which keeps going on and on. It is important to ensure that the right support is in place for these children when they come to this country, but does the Minister agree that we must also ensure that we do not play any part in encouraging people trafficking, or in encouraging children to make that perilous journey across the Mediterranean?
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, which is why the programme will apply only to children who were registered in the EU prior to 20 March when the EU-Turkey deal came into effect. We must be careful not to add to an already difficult problem, and ensure that we send out that clear message to confront people traffickers and those who seek to exploit children.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. There would be no discourtesy if the right hon. Member for Slough (Fiona Mactaggart) felt the need to leave the Chamber to put her device in order. She mentioned that she thought her phone was switched off, but in my experience, the right hon. Lady is never switched off.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you, Mr Speaker. As I said last night, we are carefully analysing the nature of the grant of leave that should be given, and there is a distinction between those who are joining family, and those who are being resettled because of vulnerability. We are holding conversations with the UNHCR to ensure that we strike the right balance, and reflect on what we have done for other schemes, such as the vulnerable persons resettlement scheme where a five-year grant is given.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the commitment he gives on behalf of Colchester. We will follow up on all offers of support from local authorities. As I indicated, we have already contacted the Local Government Association, and we will be making contacts through strategic migration partnerships and with local authorities directly. We will be getting on with this.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): I fear the hon. Gentleman may have strayed into the wrong debate. We have shown our commitment clearly through our work on the vulnerable person resettlement scheme and by taking firm action so that children and vulnerable adults come to this country quickly, while dealing with safeguarding and the best interests of the child. I will take no lectures from the hon. Gentleman.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan (Conservative, Centre-right): I commend the Minister for the huge effort he and his team at the Home Office have put in. I have a specific question from the many people in Northumberland who are keen to help. They have shown a real willingness to be a part of the scheme to bring in the most vulnerable children who need protection. How can they become foster carers and ensure that they are able to take all children in need, as well as the many children in Northumberland who already need a home?
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
Martin John Vickers (Conservative, Centre-right): It is clearly important that we treat as a matter of urgency the arrangements for these children. However, as the recent bombing of the Syrian refugee camp has shown, we must not lose sight of the main thrust of Government policy, which is to bring people from those dangerous camps. Will the Minister reassure the House that that remains the thrust of Government policy?
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman needs to recognise the significant pressures that counties such as Kent and others have been experiencing in dealing with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. He makes a broader point about asylum dispersal. We have around 100 councils that fall within the dispersal zones and are in conversation with 20-plus about extending the numbers. I hope, however, that he will recognise the new provisions in the Immigration Bill for a statutory underpinning of a dispersal mechanism for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to ensure a more even sharing of the requirements across the whole UK.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very aware, from my discussions with the leader of the council and other hon. Members, of the pressures that Kent has experienced over many months. I can assure my hon. Friend that the new mechanisms and statutory underpinning of a national dispersal arrangement for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will address those pressures and ensure that Kent and other councils experiencing such pressures are not overburdened, as they have been.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): I have already provided the House with information this morning about children who have arrived in the UK and those applications accepted as "take charge" requests, and I will reflect further on what data can be provided, but clearly we are reliant on the French Government in relation to assessment. One key issue is the identification of children in the camps in Calais and Dunkirk. We are engaged in that work with the French Government in order to help achieve that.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): If the hon. Lady looks at the legislation—the amendment was approved last night—she will find that it imposes a legal duty on the Government to carry out that consultation on the basis of the revised arrangements on resettlement from Europe that we have accepted. We need to look closely at that. It extends from the work on child resettlement from the region. There are pressures on fostering, children’s centres, mental health and other facilities. We want to get this right, but there should be no imputation that we are delaying in doing so.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): I have been contacted by constituents about this issue, as have many other Members. Some have said that they would be prepared to provide a placement for one of the refugees being resettled in this country. What work will be done to take up some of those offers? If they are not suitable for this programme, will the Minister consider whether they might be suitable for wider fostering placements, given the need for them?
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend and others for indicating the support from their communities. My hon. Friend may be interested to know that we continue to work closely on this. The Under-Secretary of State for Refugees, my hon. Friend the Member for Watford (Richard Harrington) and the Home Secretary are looking closely at the community sponsorship mechanism that might provide new means for recognising children and others fleeing persecution who might be able to come to this country. I hope to be able to update the House on this shortly.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. I have just been reminded by the hon. Member for Walsall North (Mr Winnick) that today is the 76th anniversary of Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister. I note in passing, despite the absence—the relatively rare absence—of the hon. Member in question from the Chamber, that today is also the 76th birthday of the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). [Interruption.] Recover your composure, Mr Doughty.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
Andrew William Murrison (Conservative, Centre-right): I very much support the pragmatic and responsible position outlined by the Minister on unaccompanied children, but does it not assert a worrying incapacity, particularly on the part of France and its structures, for maintaining the safety and security of vulnerable children?
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): The main point at issue is the children who have family here in the UK and how we can work speedily with the French Government to ensure that they are reunited with their family members here. We have been engaged in that work, but we have also supported the French Government on improving the conditions in and around the camps in northern France. We will continue to support them in their endeavours.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Mixed Topics
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (Conservative, Centre-right): I believe strongly that Ministers have been right all the way through to say that we should not incentivise or encourage perilous sea journeys. It is clear that other countries in the region should be doing more, so what pressure are Ministers putting on those countries to do that—not least to stop criminal gangs and traffickers being able to paint this an opportunity?
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): As my hon. Friend may know, we have established an organised immigration crime taskforce to strengthen our own knowledge, intelligence and action against the smugglers and people traffickers, working with Europol and at a European Union level to retain focus on confronting the smuggling networks. That is allowing us to work with other European countries to take firm action not just close to our shores, but further afield.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have said, we want to make rapid progress. We are already taking children with family connections to the United Kingdom from France, and we want to find ways of improving the process further so that, when cases are identified, we can take charge and ensure that those children come to the UK quickly. There are vulnerable children in Italy and Greece, which is precisely why we are opening a dialogue with those countries. We want to understand their systems properly, and join up with them effectively so that we can identify such children and act to enable them to come to this country.
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
Jason McCartney (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister has spoken about the extra 75 staff who will help with child refugee resettlement. What will be the role of those staff, what will be the timescale for their deployment to help identify vulnerable children, and how will this move help to speed up the process?
Child Refugee Resettlement — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): Some of the 75 experts whom we have offered to the European Asylum Support Office to contribute to its endeavours in connection with the EU-Turkey deal will help with processing. Others will be translators. We have also offered medical support, as well as officers who will be able to identify vulnerability issues. I had conversations with EASO about this when I was in Athens on Friday. We have identified the people concerned, and we want them to be deployed quickly—within, I hope, a matter of weeks.
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Other
Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan (Conservative, Centre-right): Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is not a matter of the letter of the law, but the fact that it is wrong to prevent Ministers, Members of Parliament and even the Speaker from informing a Committee of the other House about a project that has been through this House in its first stage.
Universal Credit (Children) — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Mixed Topics
Jeremy Mark Quin (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman was generous in his support of the principle of the scheme. Surely he must accept that it is better to get it right. A steady, phased implementation is the right way to ensure that the benefits to which he referred are properly implemented across the country.
HMRC Office Closure (Walsall) — House of Commons, 2016-05-10
Topic: Domestic Commerce
David Michael Gauke (Conservative, Centre-right): No, I do not accept the description of debt management as a deskilled role. Debt management often involves making judgments on whether, for example, a business should enter into a time-to-pay arrangement, which is a highly skilled and sensitive role. HMRC’s assessment is that the teams in Walsall are well placed to be retrained to perform this role within debt management. Debt management is not an unskilled role within HMRC.
Energy Infrastructure: Use of British Steel — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: The Sustainable Product Engineering Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings—SPECIFIC—national innovation centre in Neath Port Talbot relies on EU funding to use Tata British steel to develop buildings that are completely decarbonised. Such buildings lower household and business energy bills and help the UK to achieve its carbon reduction targets. Will the Minister support SPECIFIC in developing its use of British steel in its innovative projects, and replace any EU funds that might be lost as a result of Brexit?
Andrew George Stephenson (Conservative, Centre-right): Hinkley Point is expected to be one of the largest construction projects this country has ever seen, and it will require more than 200,000 tonnes of steel. Does my hon. Friend agree that this will provide a huge opportunity for the British steel industry?
Energy Market Competition — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): The Deputy Leader of the House has other important responsibilities and she knows that. As far as the men sitting on the Front Bench are concerned, they all look absolutely fine and are doing the right thing—simply nodding in the appropriate places.
Energy Market Competition — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Mark Steven Spencer (Conservative, Centre-right): I congratulate the Minister on all that she has done to encourage competition, which helps consumers to get a price that is better for them. That is in stark contrast to Opposition Members who often scaremonger about capacity markets driving prices up and scare my constituents into worrying about whether they can pay their bills.
Energy Market Competition — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (Conservative, Centre-right): That was a fair question. The CMA has carried out a detailed piece of research and we are committed to implementing all its recommendations as soon as possible. We have also made it clear that if we do not see change, we will take further steps. The hon. Gentleman is right. We will implement the CMA’s recommendations. We will see costs come down, competition go up, and better remedies for people on prepayment meters, but we will also be alert to other opportunities to get costs down for consumers.
Energy Market Competition — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Mixed Topics
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have just explained, we do not want to set a specific target. However, we are successfully providing support to organisations that then go on to help people to switch. I love the idea that if anybody listening to this really wants to help their grandparents, neighbour or whomever, who may not have the confidence to switch themselves, they could go and help them switch, possibly saving them several hundred pounds. Instead of setting targets and blaming people when they are not met, we need to persuade people of the advantages of switching.
Energy Market Competition — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question, but I completely refute the suggestion that the Government are saying it is the customer’s fault. We have been clear that we support the CMA’s recommendations; some huge changes are being undertaken. We are rolling out smart meters; simpler tariff rules are coming in; we will enable newer suppliers to pitch cheaper deals to inactive consumers; and there will be improved accuracy of quotes on price comparison websites. A range of remedies are being undertaken, and in no sense is there inaction on the part of this Government.
Energy Bills — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is right to raise this issue. My Department and others frequently consult Northern Ireland Ministers to ensure that all the benefits that can be passed on to Northern Ireland consumers are being passed on. I welcome his contribution to the debate.
EU Referendum: Investment in Power Sector — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effect of the outcome of the EU referendum on levels of overseas investment in the UK energy sector.; What assessment she has made of the potential effect of the outcome of the EU referendum on levels of overseas investment in the UK energy sector.
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (Conservative, Centre-right): I think the hon. Lady will accept that my concern about investor confidence led to a very significant move on my own part to make sure that we had certainty in the UK. The new Government will absolutely be keen to reassure investors and to make sure that this remains a very strong place to invest.
Shale Gas — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Public Lands
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (Conservative, Centre-right): Strong protections for sensitive areas are already provided by the existing regimes. Those regulations ban fracking in national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty and other sensitive areas to a depth of 1,200 metres. In response to our consultation on 28 June, we have confirmed that fracking will not be permitted from wells drilled at the surface of our most valued areas, including sites of special scientific interest.
Shale Gas — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Public Lands
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (Conservative, Centre-right): I can reassure my hon. Friend that the planning process will take into account all issues related to sensitive areas. I can also tell her that fracking will not be permitted from wells drilled at the surface of areas such as national parks, the broads, areas of outstanding natural beauty, world heritage sites, sites of special scientific interest, Ramsar sites and Natura 2000 sites.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Questions: I have never known my hon. Friend to sleep on the job and I wish her well in the reshuffle. On the north side of the River Mersey, Fiddlers Ferry power station has closed down, while on the south side we have the blight of the new wind farm being built. Will my hon. Friend reassure my constituents in Frodsham and Helsby that the scientifically significant Frodsham marshes will not be blighted if fracking goes ahead?; The Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project is hugely important not just to Swansea and south Wales but for potentially similar projects in Newport. When will the Minister have news of the independent report, and what is the timetable for making the decision?; I have just been sent a report from Southend-on-Sea citizens advice bureau calling for a fair deal for prepayment meter users, who seem to be getting a second-class service. Given that they are the most vulnerable people, will my hon. Friend see to it that her Department looks again at the system?
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (Conservative, Centre-right): I completely agree that prepayment meter customers get a rough deal, with a far smaller choice of tariffs and suppliers than customers who pay by other methods. That is why we are supporting recommendations by the Competition and Markets Authority to make it easier for prepayment meter customers to switch supplier, and to introduce a safeguard tariff cap for those customers until competition in that segment of the market significantly improves.
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Lady, to whose point of order I will, in a moment, respond in very truncated terms, but the Leader of the House is signalling a desire to contribute, and it is important that we should hear from the right hon. Gentleman.
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2016-07-14
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher Stephen Grayling (Conservative, Centre-right): Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. May I say first that I absolutely agree with the hon. Lady? A lot of work is taking place on measures to improve the security of right hon. and hon. Members. There is a project group looking in detail at what lessons can be learned from the tragic events of a few weeks ago. Next week, the Commission will consider improvements to the approach we take. Included in that approach will, I hope, be a greater opportunity for individual Members to raise concerns about their safety and to have those concerns acted on. Would everyone in the House please be reassured that you, myself, the Chairman of Ways and Means, and House officials are very mindful of the need for us to step up the security that is available to Members of Parliament and the service we provide to watch over their safety?