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Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 June 2026

Debate

Immigration: Eurodac and SIS II

Contribution

The noble Lord was not here last year when we passed the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, which agreed to do a number of things that are improving the situation as a whole. So much has it improved the situation that we have deported 13% more foreign criminals than under his Government, and reduced by one-third the number of asylum decisions that take place from a peak of 56,000 in 2023 to 35% fewer in 2025. We have reduced the number of people claiming asylum—down by 12%—and we have reduced the initial wait time by 55%. We have done all that while facing the difficulties of not being in the European Union and not being able to share the data that we did when the noble Lord advocated leaving the European Union, without any thought for the loss of that data, and its impact on society and on our safety as a whole.

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