Statement
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
On 6 July, the Government introduced the Nationality and Borders Bill in Parliament. This is part of the Government’s New Plan for Immigration, delivering the most comprehensive reform in decades to deliver a fair but firm immigration system.
The Bill – and the wider plan – has three key objectives:
- To make the system fairer and more effective so that we can better protect and support those in genuine need of asylum
- To deter illegal entry into the UK breaking the business model of criminal trafficking networks and saving lives
- To remove from the UK those with no right to be here
The introduction of the Bill was preceded by a consultation that was launched in March. The Government has carefully considered that consultation and I am today laying before the House a Command Paper (CP 493) setting out its response.
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