Speeches by Murray.

“I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and to the support that my office receives from the Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project. It is good to see us making progress on this really important Bill, which is utterly essential to what the Government are tryin…”

“Since we all served on the Committee for this Bill, the Government have announced a “one in, one out” deal with France, and this week, new safe routes were announced by the Home Secretary as part of the new package. Under the “one in, one out” deal, the “one in” will arrive by a safe route, so will the hon. Gentleman w…”

“The experience of the hon. Lady’s constituent mirrors that of my constituent Emily in Edinburgh. Even though health is devolved, we face the same situation. Does the hon. Lady agree that even though Edinburgh is leading the way in research—as the right hon. Member for Godalming and Ash (Sir Jeremy Hunt) said—we need to…”

“Thank you. That is useful. May I test an argument on you to see what you think? In many ways, the advantages of digital ID that you have set out are basically stuff we can already do, just more efficiently and faster. Is someone a British national? Is someone over 18? Potentially, however, the real thing that would hap…”

“Thank you for coming in. In response to Peter’s questions, you talked about the benefits in mitigating fraud or immigration offences. Do you think there is any scope, in how this is designed, for it to end up creating opportunities for fraud or immigration offences? Do you think that, by making digital ID our line of d…”

“I want to follow up on the role of the private sector. You touched on this a little bit, but could the private sector introduce efficiencies that the Government could not, if you wanted to roll this out more broadly? My other question is more on the security side. One of the arguments that proponents of ID cards make i…”

“Are you saying that the capacity to record-keep with digital ID would be a switch that the Government can turn on or off at will?”

“Do you all agree with that? Do you have confidence in the public procurement process in securing those efficiencies?”

“Yes, and as it is rolled out, how many times would I show my QR code over the course of a week? I would not be checking what machines I have used—the average person is not going to do that. You are asking the citizen to trust that these machines are not storing data.”

“As a citizen, if all I am asked to do is show a QR code, for example, I have to trust the Government, and I have to trust that it is a bona fide machine and that it is not storing the data somewhere.”

“15. What steps her Department is taking to close asylum hotels.”

“I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I thank the Home Secretary for that response. The Home Affairs Committee report on asylum accommodation shows that private companies have made millions from the taxpayer, while communities and asylum seekers have suffered. What is…”

“I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Over the past few years, three times as many people have come to this country from Ukraine and Hong Kong, fleeing war or persecution, as have come in small boats, and there has been no public outcry about that. The lesson is that …”

“I just want to come back to the point that Robbie was making around targets and having clear, identifiable targets. One really frustrating thing when you read National Audit Office reports—or even our own inquiry reports—into the Home Office is that sort of catchphrase, “Lessons will be learned.” That is like the defin…”

“There were no metrics that they were being judged on? That has not happened until now?”

“I want to ask a bit about the new announcements on asylum accommodation and the move to large sites. A couple of years ago, the Home Office tried large sites and the National Audit Office’s report into it was utterly damning. It was a catastrophic failure of public procurement. How are you going to ensure that you do n…”

“You mentioned the Passport Office and I just want to pick up on that because my view—I do not know if you would agree with this—is that 10 or so years ago the Passport Office was in a real disaster zone. People were missing their holidays; it was on the front page of the newspapers. It has completely turned around and …”

“I will allow you one.”

“We have had a lot of Home Secretaries over the last 10 years. How much does political churn impact the officials’ ability to do their jobs?”

“Going back to the one in, one out deal very briefly for one second, one of my concerns is that two of the big interventions that we need to crack the small boats issue are the maritime law change in France and the one in, one out deal being scaled up. There are obviously political challenges in France at the moment. Ho…”