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The Immigration Bill has three clear aims: to tackle illegal working and labour market abuses; to ensure that only migrants who are lawfully present in the UK can access services such as those that allow people to drive on our roads and use UK bank accounts; and to make it easier to remove illegal migrants from the UK.
Rather than us saying that the food should go to a food bank, it would be a matter for the courts to determine that, depending on the nature of the case.
I draw members’ attention to my ownership of shares in Lloyds Bank. The member refers to the international financial system and previously referred to globalisation.
Indeed, it takes the definition of usury to new heights. Banks are demanding pounds of human flesh—not pounds of sheep flesh or beef—from farmers for their money.
I should also mention the investment that is available through the European Investment Bank, which the European Commission has specifically asked to look at supporting the transition to a circular economy.
There has been a campaign for a new Belford for my whole political career in this Parliament, but little progress has been made on that to date. We should not stall that at all.