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Shabana Mahmood: “On the subject of deporting foreign criminals, the government intends to bring forward an amendment to this bill in…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2026
On the subject of deporting foreign criminals, the government intends to bring forward an amendment to this bill in response to the widely-reported case of the vile grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed.
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Shabana Mahmood
Labour Party

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Discussing amendments to deport foreign criminals.

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