Proceeding contribution from Edward Leigh (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 17 July 2023. It occurred during Debate on bill on Illegal Migration Bill.
Illegal Migration Bill
I wonder whether my right hon. Friend has noted the remarks of Lord Clarke, who is not a particularly vicious right-wing creature. He said this Bill is entirely necessary and that we have to get on with it.
I also wonder whether my right hon. Friend has looked at today’s remarks by Lord Heseltine.
Lord Clarke and Lord Heseltine seem to have come up with a sensible option. We should go ahead with this Bill. We have to have much better European co-operation and, really, we have to build a wall around Europe. [Interruption.] And we have to do much more—this is what the Opposition might like—in terms of a Marshall plan to try to remove the conditions of sheer misery that cause people to want to leave these countries in the first place.
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 736 c639
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- 2022-23
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Children Appeals Asylum Detainees Deportation Families Human rights Immigration controls Undocumented migrants Human trafficking International law France Standards Temporary accommodation Slavery Social workers Albania Afghanistan Rwanda National Crime Agency LGBT+ people UK relations with EU Immigration removal centres People smuggling
- Legislation
- Illegal Migration Bill 2022-23
- Detention Centre Rules 2001
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