Steve Barclay MP: speeches

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Speeches

  • 21 May 2025 · Immigration · Hansard source
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    I thank my right hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for giving way. Does he agree that this concern about the high levels of immigration is also an issue of democracy and the sense of people not being heard? I noted the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr Brash) expressing support for deportations of foreign-born criminals, but unless the Government use levers—restrictions on visas for those countries not taking people back—we will again see too many foreign-born criminals in our prisons instead of being deported back to their native country.

  • 15 May 2025 · Recalled Offenders: Sentencing Limits · Hansard source
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    This announcement is a further illustration of why this House should legislate to remove all impediments to the deportation of foreign national offenders. In his reply to the shadow Justice Secretary, the Minister said that victims who are affected by this policy should be kept informed about release, yet he refused to say whether the Department has conducted an impact assessment. What new information is he today willing to commit to publishing each month, so that victims are indeed kept informed?

  • 12 May 2025 · Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill · Hansard source
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    Will the Minister give way?

  • 12 May 2025 · Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill · Hansard source
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    The Minister has just set out once again, as the Prime Minister did earlier today, her steadfast commitment to the ECHR. Does she not accept that that means that the legislation is not watertight and that those who have committed serious criminality will continue to be able to stay in the United Kingdom, because of the ECHR?

  • 12 May 2025 · Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill · Hansard source
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    Does my hon. Friend recognise that there is an issue of democracy here? Successive Governments and Ministers have said that they want to toughen up the regime, but that is undermined by activist judges. That is a further reason to support the new clauses that he mentions.

  • 9 Dec 2024 · Skills Training · Hansard source
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    At the general election, the Government said that they would specifically target technical training in areas such as construction, engineering and digital, in order to take pressure off immigration into key roles, so why are they failing to act on the pay gap between further education teaching posts and those in schools?

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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 9Communities and local government9Culture, media and sport: 2Culture, media and sport2Defence and foreign affairs: 4Defence and foreign affairs4Democracy and constitution: 13Democracy and constitution13Economy and business: 28Economy and business28Education and skills: 4Education and skills4Environment and energy: 35Environment and energy35Health and care: 6Health and care6Housing and planning: 7Housing and planning7Immigration and borders: 6Immigration and borders6Justice and policing: 11Justice and policing11Social security and pensions: 3Social security and pensions3Transport: 3Transport3Unclassified: 8Unclassified8
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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Communities and local government9
Culture, media and sport2
Defence and foreign affairs4
Democracy and constitution13
Economy and business28
Education and skills4
Environment and energy35
Health and care6
Housing and planning7
Immigration and borders6
Justice and policing11
Social security and pensions3
Transport3
Unclassified8

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