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The Government's Plan for Brexit — House of Commons, 2016-12-07
Topic: Civil Rights
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (Conservative, Centre-right): It is a pleasure to take part in this debate. I have two minutes and 58 seconds to say an awful lot The vote offered to the British people on 23 June came with no ifs, no buts and no conditions. The then Prime Minister, David Cameron, who gave us that wonderful referendum, for which I am eternally grateful, spent £9 million of taxpayers’ money to tell us that in the literature that came through our doors. There were no ifs, no buts, no conditions. I recall him saying, whichever side wins, even by one single vote, the will of the people will be respected. It could not be simpler I believe my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke), who has retaken his seat, implied that not all the British people understood what they were voting for. That is what I understood from his speech. If I am wrong, I apologise, but if I am right, may I tell him that he is wrong?
Jamie and Andy Murray: Sporting Legacy — House of Commons, 2016-12-07
Topic: Other
Alexander John Gervase Chalk (Conservative, Centre-right): Jamie and Andy Murray are two very proud Scotsmen, but they are cheered on from across the United Kingdom. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the entire United Kingdom can take great pride in their magnificent achievements?
Jamie and Andy Murray: Sporting Legacy — House of Commons, 2016-12-07
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Rebecca Faye Clark (Pow) (Conservative, Centre-right): Like you, Mr Speaker, I come to the debate as a very keen tennis player, which is why I applaud the hon. Member for Stirling (Steven Paterson) for bringing forward this Adjournment debate. I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk) that the Murrays have really helped to move tennis right on in this country—not just in Scotland, but across the board. They are an inspiration to young children, as is Judy Murray, who has helped to coach many young children and to set up many programmes. My own children started playing at the age of two in many of those programmes, which Judy Murray was key in setting up with the Lawn Tennis Association. I applaud the hon. Gentleman for bringing forward this debate, and I applaud everything the Murrays are doing that represents the nation.
Jamie and Andy Murray: Sporting Legacy — House of Commons, 2016-12-07
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Rebecca Faye Clark (Pow) (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is making a good point about the benefits of sport. Perhaps he read about the recent survey by the British Journal of Sports Medicine—this was reported in The Daily Telegraph and various other papers last week—that said that playing racket sports, but particularly tennis, reduces one’s risk of death at any given age by 50%, so I think that Mr Speaker, as a keen tennis player, has many, many years ahead of him. That makes the point that we should do everything we can to encourage more people to take part in this sport.
Jamie and Andy Murray: Sporting Legacy — House of Commons, 2016-12-07
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not have time, I am afraid. I would if we had a longer debate I must mention some more of the recent successes that British women have been enjoying. Johanna Konta’s meteoric rise to the world’s top 10 has been a fantastic development for her and the women’s game. With Heather Watson and Naomi Broady improving steadily and Laura Robson returning after injury, British women’s tennis is proving to be very healthy These players are an inspiration to up-and-coming players and the grassroots of the game in this country. Sport England statistics show that over 428,0000 people play tennis at least once a week—over 20,000 more since London 2012. Disabled player numbers have increased by nearly 50% since 2012, rising to over 30,000 Sport England and sportscotland support the LTA in its objective to increase participation in the sport through their current £17.4 million investment. Since 2010, Sport England has invested £8.2 million in 278 national lottery-funded projects. The hon. Member for Stirling is right to mention that Stirling University is home to the Scottish National Tennis Centre. It is very important in the development of Scottish tennis, which is being enjoyed by both the public and promising Scottish players The LTA provides support to British players and tennis generally across the United Kingdom. The hon. Gentleman mentioned some of the projects and schemes being funded. Following the Davis cup victory, the LTA launched Tennis for Kids to inspire five to eight-year-olds to pick up a racket and play for the first time—perhaps not the two-year-olds my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane (Rebecca Pow) mentioned—and over 13,000 children were introduced to the sport through a free six-week training course and given a free racket to keep playing. Time is very short, but it is important to remember that the great Union between us has been the cornerstone of our prosperity in the past and it is vital to our future success. Andy and Jamie Murray are a wonderful illustration of that success both now, when at the pinnacle of their sport, and in the future, when they will continue to inspire millions across the United Kingdom and beyond. They are a credit to their country, our country, their sport and their family. I congratulate them again on their phenomenal performances in 2016 and look forward to further great achievements in the years ahead Question put and agreed to.
Unskilled Migration: Employment Levels — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): The latest labour market statistics show that more British people are in work than ever before, the unemployment rate is at its lowest level for over a decade and nine in 10 people in jobs are UK nationals. However, the Prime Minister has been clear that as we conduct negotiations to leave the European Union, it must be a priority to regain more control of the numbers of people who come here from Europe.
Unskilled Migration: Employment Levels — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): It is a little rich getting that sort of lecture from a Labour Member, because the Labour party failed to put controls on in the 2004 enlargement and most of its Members who were in charge then have admitted what a mistake that was. There are no lectures coming from my party—only hard answers. The answer is that we will be restricting immigration when we move to leaving the EU.
Unskilled Migration: Employment Levels — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Andrew Tyrie (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Home Secretary agree that students should be removed from the "tens of thousands" target? Does she also agree that as the data are extremely poor, we should strain every sinew to try to get better quality data so that we can form a judgment about whether—and if so, how—we can ensure that exports, which is what foreign students are, are maximised in this country?
Unskilled Migration: Employment Levels — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): I share my right hon. Friend’s view that students play an important role in contributing to the economy and are most welcome in the UK. The internationally recognised definition of a "migrant" is someone coming here for more than 12 months, so they are likely to stay within that definition, although I am aware that there are different views on this matter.
Unskilled Migration: Employment Levels — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): As I told the House, and as the right hon. Lady is aware, there are different views on this. The definition that I referred to was the one for international students, which is held by the Office for National Statistics; more than 12 months and they represent an immigrant, and therefore are part of the numbers.
Unskilled Migration: Employment Levels — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Michael Louis David Fabricant (Conservative, Centre-right): I am not sure that students are unskilled in any case. Nevertheless, is it not the fact that there are people in this country who will not do the jobs that unskilled migrants do? Is not the point, therefore, that in the black country and elsewhere it should be not Brussels after Brexit but the United Kingdom that will decide which migrants are needed to do the jobs that UK people will not do?
Unskilled Migration: Employment Levels — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady has raised an important question, and I know that the National Farmers Union met my colleague the Minister for Immigration recently to discuss exactly that point. We are aware how necessary it will be to ensure that we have some sort of seasonal scheme in place, and we are looking carefully at it.
Unskilled Migration: Employment Levels — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman raises an important point. We are aware that there is a certain expectation and concern about the European Union citizens here. As the Prime Minister has said, she hopes to be able to reassure them, but it is right that we do that while looking also at the over 1 million UK citizens in the rest of the European Union. There will be a need to have some sort of documentation—he is entirely right on that—but we will not set it out yet. We will do it in a phased approach to ensure that we use all the technological advantages that we are increasingly able to harness to ensure that all immigration is carefully handled.
Unskilled Migration: Employment Levels — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady might want to take up her interesting views with the hon. Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin) who seems to take a slightly different view. One thing that is for certain is that when we do leave the European Union, we will have more control over immigration from the European Union and we will be making sure that the immigration that we do get from the European Union achieves the right balance of attracting the type of people who can really boost the UK businesses that need it.
Immigration Rules — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Questions: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying different immigration rules to Scotland and other constituent parts of the UK.
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): Immigration remains a reserved matter and we will consider the needs of the UK as a whole. Applying different immigration rules to different parts of the United Kingdom will complicate the immigration system, harming its integrity and causing difficulties for employers who need the flexibility to deploy their staff to other parts of the UK.
Immigration Rules — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Questions: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying different immigration rules to Scotland and other constituent parts of the UK.
Julian William Hendy Brazier (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a good reason why immigration is a reserved power, and that the slippery slope that the Scottish nationalists are trying to take us down would, if taken to its logical conclusion, end up with a border?
Immigration Rules — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Questions: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying different immigration rules to Scotland and other constituent parts of the UK.
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): I recognise the problem and have had meetings with a number of right hon. and hon. Members on the issue. I do not recall, however, that during the referendum campaign the fishermen around the coast of our country were campaigning to repatriate powers so that they could attract more Filipinos to work in the industry. I understand the problem and will continue to meet right hon. and hon. Members to see what we can do to help.
Police Forces — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Civil Rights
Brandon Kenneth Lewis (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes a good point. The police have done a great deal of work on diversity generally, particularly seeing more women coming in, but there is more to do in relation to black and minority ethnic communities and women generally across the force. I hope that forces right across the country will be very focused on this as they go through their recruitment exercises now.
Police Forces — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Civil Rights
Questions: It is difficult for any police force to represent the community it serves, given that cuts to police funding mean that we have lost over 19,000 police officers since 2010. Will the Minister look again, following the bungling of the police funding formula, to make sure that forces such as Northumbria get the fair funding deal that my constituents need and deserve?
Brandon Kenneth Lewis (Conservative, Centre-right): I am glad that the hon. Gentleman has joined our cause after so many years of seeing diversity going nowhere under the Labour Government. It is this Government who have driven diversity by trusting local police forces to make sure that when they recruit, they recruit to represent their communities. That is why we are seeing BME representation going up and representation of women going up. We need to do more and I hope the hon. Gentleman will join us in encouraging forces to do that in their current recruitment.
Freedom of Movement — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): There are certainly 3.2 million EU nationals in the UK, and it is in their interests to be able to satisfy their Governments about their status here. As the Prime Minister has said, the only circumstance in which we would not want to guarantee their status would be if the status of UK nationals living elsewhere were not similarly guaranteed.
Freedom of Movement — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Mixed Topics
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not have a degree in economics, but it is true that supply and demand would operate in this area. That is why we are determined to be able to control the numbers of those coming from the EU, just as we already control numbers coming from outside the EU.
Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): In July the Government launched the national transfer scheme to ensure a more equitable distribution of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children across the country. The scheme is designed to support local authorities like Peterborough City Council. In support of the national transfer scheme we also increased central Government funding to local authorities caring for unaccompanied children by up to 33%.
Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Stewart Jackson (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend reassure me that in areas such as Peterborough, which has already borne a major burden in both EU and non-EU migration, we will not be expected to pay once again for the huge ongoing costs of children and young people who are unaccompanied minors—we have 40 such cases in Peterborough—and that we will receive bespoke central Government funding?
Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): I understand the hon. Gentleman’s motive in making this point. However, I would respectfully say to him that that could have a very detrimental effect in terms of a pull factor, with children coming to this country—potentially being sent or indeed trafficked to this country—in order to have their parents brought over; so no, we will not be looking at it again.
Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): On the burden put on local authorities, one of the elements to which I refer them is the controlling migration fund—a new source of funds that I hope they will be able to access to support unaccompanied minors. On the Modern Slavery Act, I will have to get back to my hon. Friend.
Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): The funds that we put in place to support unaccompanied children represent a sum that we agreed after consultation with local authorities to work out the costs. It is the average cost. We acknowledge that some children will have different needs and will therefore end up being more expensive, and some less so. We hope that this is the right amount to be able to support them. We believe that it is the right amount. We are always willing to try to listen to local authorities if they have other suggestions. I particularly refer them to the controlling migration fund, which we hope will be able to give additional support.
Freedom of Expression (Religious Satire) — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Civil Rights
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): Freedom of speech and religion are core values that make our country great. They are, indeed, protected in law. What is or is not a joke, or what constitutes satire, is, I believe, in the eye or ear of the beholder and is not, perhaps, for Government to opine on.
Immigration Detention/Adults at Risk Policy — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: If she will take steps to (a) ensure that survivors of sexual and other gender-based violence are only held in immigration detention as a last resort and (b) monitor the effective implementation of the adults at risk policy.
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady is right to point out the importance of making sure that women are safe. It is the absolute priority of this Government to keep women and girls safe, including in our detention system. The Government have signed and will ratify the Istanbul convention and, as the hon. Lady knows, we are well exceeding all its targets.
Fraud — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Mixed Topics
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to my hon. Friend for pointing out the very important work that many voluntary bodies do in raising awareness. Citizens Advice, Age Concern and Victim Support make sure, including in the lead-up to Christmas, that people are aware of the pitfalls that await them online and of the scandalous fraudsters who pick on some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Fraud — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Mixed Topics
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): When one of those websites is reported through Action Fraud, our law and order agencies set about trying to make sure we either dismantle it or signpost people away from such areas. In Scotland that is devolved, and it is up to Police Scotland. The broader picture is to make sure that the public and the consumer are aware of what awaits them online, and that they take some very basic steps to protect themselves when they are, for example, Christmas shopping to ensure that fraudsters do not take their money away.
Illegal Migrants — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): In July this year we implemented new powers in the Immigration Act 2016 to prevent migrants from profiting from working illegally, by making that a criminal offence. That ensures that the profits of working illegally can be seized as the proceeds of crime, and assets may be confiscated on conviction.
Illegal Migrants — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Nigel John Mills (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for that answer and ask him to set out to the House what other measures the Government are taking to ensure that those who are here illegally cannot access UK benefits, such as housing or welfare payments.
Illegal Migrants — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): I certainly agree with the hon. Gentleman that if people who are here illegally have been exploited through modern slavery because they have been trafficked, it is important that we treat them with a degree of compassion and respect, and that we treat them differently from people who are not in that situation.
Leaving the EU: Departmental Staff — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Questions: What assessment her Department has made of the implications of the UK leaving the EU for (a) the number of and (b) skills required by its staff.
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): Let me make it clear that people who are here from elsewhere in the EU working legally do not need to receive additional documentation at this time. I reassure them that their status is assured. What happens in the future is a matter for the negotiations, but I make it absolutely clear that no additional documentation is needed at this stage.
Leaving the EU: Departmental Staff — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Questions: What assessment her Department has made of the implications of the UK leaving the EU for (a) the number of and (b) skills required by its staff.
Brett Charles Anthony Elphicke (Conservative, Centre-right): May I make the case to the Minister for updating the systems and the use of computers and information technology in border control—particularly as, with Brexit, we will need to count people in and count people out more effectively—and for investment in our ports, such as the port of Dover?
Leaving the EU: Departmental Staff — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Immigration
Questions: What assessment her Department has made of the implications of the UK leaving the EU for (a) the number of and (b) skills required by its staff.
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): Certainly, exit checks introduced in 2015 have given us an additional tool to track people as they enter and, in particular, leave the country. New technology, such as e-gates, has helped very much in that regard.
Terrorist Attacks — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Other
Questions: What steps she is taking to ensure that police and security services have the necessary powers to apprehend people planning terrorist attacks in the UK.; Will my hon. Friend confirm how much the Government are investing to boost the United Kingdom’s capability to respond quickly to a firearms attack, particularly in the light of what has happened on the continent?
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): We are past 3.15, but that has never bothered me, and it would be unkind to the point of cruelty to exclude the hon. Member for Chippenham (Michelle Donelan), from whom the House will wish to hear.
Violence against Women and Girls — House of Commons, 2016-12-05
Topic: Civil Rights
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman raises a very important point about the important role that men can play and the importance of educating young people about appropriate sexual relationships. He will be pleased to know that world-class resources are available to do that not only from the Home Office, but from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. More such work is going on in schools than ever before.