Speeches by Obese-Jecty.

“Having admitted 30,000 Afghans into the country as part of the Afghan resettlement programme, it is concerning to learn that the Ministry of Defence has no idea how many of them actually ever worked for British forces. The Government’s own figures estimate the total number of local Afghans employed by British forces du…”

“This Government, with this plan, will sadly not get on top of illegal immigration. The Secretary of State made much of the fact that the Bill will introduce powers that mirror counter-terror legislation “to allow law enforcement partners to disrupt, investigate and prosecute those facilitating organised immigration cri…”

“No, I will not. The Bill repeals most of the Illegal Migration Act, removes the duty on the Home Secretary to make arrangements to remove persons who entered the UK illegally to their home country or a safe third country, and allows illegal migrants to obtain British citizenship—more incentives. The Illegal Migration A…”

“9. How many Afghans who worked directly for British forces have been relocated to the UK under the Afghan resettlement programme.”

“I was not suggesting that people should not have the ability to clothe themselves; my point was that this is advertised on the Government website, and is a pull factor. What does this Bill do to address that pull factor?”

“On Monday, a judge in an employment tribunal brought by the GMB union ruled that predominantly female Asda employees on the shop floor and predominantly male employees working in Asda’s warehouses—completely different roles with different conditions—were carrying out work of equal value. The ruling, which is similar to…”

“The Minister confirmed to me in a written answer last week that we will not have a unilateral ability to extend the agreement. In December, the Minister for the Armed Forces, the hon. Member for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard), said that he was confident that Members would back it when we saw the detail. T…”

“I will bear that in mind. I just need to go away and have a little think.”

“I think that if we have the debate in Westminster Hall, it will be difficult for everybody to be able to speak, so I would like to bring it to the main Chamber, although I am conscious that there will be a delay.”

“I would like to think about it. It is something that I would like to bring to the main Chamber, simply because—”

“Can I think about it?”

“What if it were a Westminster Hall debate?”

“How long would the wait be for a Chamber debate?”

“I do not believe that we have had a debate on this topic in Parliament, certainly not in this Parliament. I know we have talked about it in the past, but with so many new Members and with knife crime becoming so much more prevalent and so much worse, it is vital that parliamentarians discuss it. I feel passionate about…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. The Online Safety Act will be one of the lasting accomplish-ments of the last Government. It is world-leading legislation that places significant new responsibilities and duties on social media platforms and search services, to increase safety online. …”

“So you can guarantee that? I am sorry, but I thought it was limited, and potentially capped at an hour and a half.”

“I have multiple casework examples from constituents in Huntingdon who have been impacted by CMS inefficiencies, including incorrectly calculated arrears with no explanation of how the sums have been calculated, and failure to verify the location of fathers who are not providing financial support, with the CMS claiming …”

“13. What steps she is taking to increase efficiency in the Child Maintenance Service.”

“On the previous topic, we spoke about the use of machine learning to identify which cases should be investigated, but you are speaking now about how much manual effort it is. I assume that going through these is simply a manual task, but how does the Department decide which alerts from that batch to investigate?”

“My question is about AI. Other than humans making the final decision, what safeguards do you have against the Department’s AI tools leading to biased decision making?”