Speeches by Norris.

“To build on that point, we recognise that this is a growing trend across the UK. On the last panel, we heard Assistant Chief Constable Beck say that he is seeing trends around hate and racism increasing on his beat. That is the same thing that my chief constable would say to me, and chief constables would say across th…”

“It is a significant concern to me. Protecting our borders is a primary concern for the Government. Any abuse of that is unacceptable. You made a really important point in the previous session that what we see from organised immigration criminals—highly sophisticated, highly cynical individuals—is that they will seek to…”

“That is not something we have proposed.”

“No, I have not. We expect our teams to interact with other agencies on the ground to use the suite of powers they have collectively in the best interests of an operational goal. That is obviously not something you would expect Ministers to direct. As I have said, fundamentally our interest is an intelligence-led respon…”

“They are not.”

“I could not tell you that today, Mr Swann. We would have to follow up in writing on that.”

“Yes. We are making a 20% uplift in our enforcement capacity. You will have heard from Mr Montgomery’s evidence that the end state for this over the course of this Parliament will mean that we have doubled the amount of money we have put into immigration enforcement. That is skewed, in percentage terms, to Northern Irel…”

“It is a hugely important question. It is not simply a case of resourcing, although resourcing is very important. We talk about our border in the singular, but our border is by its nature multiple. With regard to this session, we are talking about a common travel area where there are not regular immigration controls at …”

“Yes. That never reaches an end state, not least because the threat changes. As I say, the No. 1 thing, if I could change something in the room today, would be the data piece. I have to say that that is not specific to the Republic of Ireland; it is also true for France, Germany, Belgium and, in fact, the entirety of th…”

“The border is the responsibility of the UK Government. Within that, it is the responsibility of the Home Office. Within that, it is the responsibility of the Home Secretary, and within that, it is my responsibility as Minister for Border Security and Asylum.”

“One of our challenges as a Home Office—colleagues have not mentioned this yet, but they doubtless will—is getting the right information to the right places at the right time. Traditionally, we have been really cautious about that because of the anxiety that it would create harm. My belief now is that, in the age that w…”

“Ms Ribeiro-Addy, you know about the Online Safety Act arrangements in which we operate and Ofcom’s locus in that. As a Government, of course, we have a stake in it, but there is a careful balance when we are talking about free speech. Those platforms have to be used responsibly and there are sanctions, which are for th…”

“As I say, they are right to say that the responsibility and accountability for decisions taken are mine. We want our providers to have operational-level, and certainly individual property-level conversations, whether they are with local or devolved Governments—“There’s an issue with your tenants in this property. Get o…”

“Mr Murray, it would not be one of these sessions if you and I did not arm wrestle over KPIs. I do not know the answer to the question. I do not have that information with me. The quantum of the contract, as we have discussed previously, is the £4 billion figure. We have taken a billion out of this type of activity, whi…”

“Let me start with the second point first. I always want the maximum information I can have on any individual coming into the country. That has to be an unalloyed good thing. Certainly, anybody entering our asylum systems is subject to important biometric checks. We check against international databases and that gets hi…”

“Securing the borders of the Republic of Ireland is a matter for their Ministers, their democratic arrangements and their public. We work really closely with them, and they are very valued partners who, I think, have a shared motivation. I have not raised it with Ministers as a concern and, to my knowledge, others have …”

“We have different policies and geographies. They of course are a member of a union of nations that collectively set their policies, so there are going to be differences. Both parties to any border—this is true for Ireland, but also for France—are conscious of different convections that can be driven by different policy…”

“First of all, it is about changing the things about us that make us differentially attractive. The end state for our system is one of better order and control, which gives us the space for safe and legal means of coming to the country, for which there would be a lot of enthusiasm in this room. That is where we are gett…”

“I will start where any discussion of this nature must always start: with the victims. Over the years, they were subjected to unspeakable crimes, exploited and abused by vile predators and woefully let down by the agencies charged with protecting them. I know that the House will join me in saying that they are in our th…”

“I am grateful for the spirit in which the hon. Gentleman puts his question. I can only rely on what I have said so far: we are highly motivated in this case, and all options are on the table. I appreciate that pace is important, particularly for public confidence—we understand that totally. As I said to my hon. Friend …”