Why are we here? We are here because there were so many petitions that were lodged about this broken immigration system that we had to have our very first special debate triggered by this new Petitions Committee on immigration. We have it because we've got a Minister who spent the good part of a year failing to act to reunite split migrant families; Labour MPs shutting down a select committee inquiry; and a Government who, through their own policy settings, have caused the longest residency queue in our nation's history. That started well before COVID ever hit. 