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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifth sitting)I am sorry.19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifth sitting)I just want to share a story. When I was in primary 7, everyone in my class went on a trip to Paris, except me, because my parents were too strict and thought I was too young. At…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifth sitting)My mum is even less likely to be watching this, but if she is, I will certainly let the hon. Member know. Fraser—I must remember to use the adopted name—came from Sudan. His…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixth sitting)I will speak in support of the amendment in my name and the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East. We also broadly support the Official…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifth sitting)I will be brief and echo what my hon. Friend has said. I welcome the Minister to his place and wish him well although I am sorry to say not with this Bill. I thank all the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixth sitting)The UK is bound by the 1961 UN convention on the reduction of statelessness, as we have heard. That focuses on protecting the stateless child and preventing childhood…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixth sitting)I very much agree, because the people we are talking about came here because they were invited. My partner’s family were among them. Thankfully, they were not caught up in this…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixth sitting)I was speaking in support of all the amendments in the group and will use evidence given to the Committee by Amnesty International and Free Movement before adding a couple of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you know anything about what happened in Canada? Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor: I do not. Perhaps Elizabeth does. Otherwise, I can of course let you know Elizabeth Ruddick: In…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you very much for your time today and for everything you do for some of the world’s most vulnerable people. I have a question for Lisa. You say in your written evidence…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you very much for that. Mariam, the Australian high commissioner was here this morning—you saw that—and I was not able to ask my question, which was about resignation…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have a question for Patricia Durr from ECPAT. When trailing the Bill, the Home Office talked about the widespread abuse of the system by child rapists and criminals—foreign…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Perhaps the Minister will get it for us for the next meeting. Thank you very much.23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q It is important for the Government to hear that. They will face the same possible actions if they go ahead with this. My other question involves the raging debates we have here…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you very much for your time today. I have one quick question on that: if a person is middle class in the country they live in, can they still be a refugee, still be in…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. If the Bill is enacted, anyone acting with purely humanitarian motives could be criminalised just for facilitating the arrival of a person who does not have entry…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourth sitting)That really does help. I have one more brief question. Would you say that you are an authority on the refugee convention? Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor: The UNHCR is the established…23 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (First sitting)That is really helpful. Thank you.21 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (First sitting)Q That is interesting. If I have time for one more question, I want to mention the concerns that have been raised about aspects of the Bill that are not compliant with some of the…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Second sitting)Q I had a question for Lucy, which she has partly answered, so I will check with her offline—I thank her for partly answering it. I know that the JCWI has concerns about…21 Sept 2021