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Part of Nationality and Borders Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:51 pm on 19 July 2021.

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Photo of Priti Patel Priti Patel The Secretary of State for the Home Department 5:51, 19 July 2021

I thank my right hon. Friend for his question and for his observation. There are a range of aspects, certainly through this Bill, that we are seeking to address in order to make courts and immigration tribunals more efficient. It is wrong for them to have endless appeals, where individuals frustrate the appeals process and clog up the system. It is right that we do that because otherwise there will be individuals—genuine people seeking to claim asylum—who are simply not getting their cases heard, and we want to make sure that we can give them the support.