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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am really grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for raising this issue and laying this amendment. I declare my interest as the vice-chair of the All-Party Fire…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am very grateful to the Minister and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton. I am very grateful for his explanation of the system, but my difficulty with his response is that…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I tabled Amendment 135 some weeks ago, after there seemed to be some difference in timing for the compensation scheme for those sub-postmasters who were accused of…26 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesMy Lords, I return to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, about where the £1 billion sits. If it comes from the Treasury, would it be in the Green Book following the…21 Feb 2024HANSARDImmigration Rules and Border SecurityMy Lords, why did the Government not follow the advice of the social care sector and ensure that only CQC-registered homes and businesses could accept social care workers? That…21 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillOh!19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI apologise for intervening again, but the Minister referred to the AESAC’s report, which is now being implemented. I will not repeat the detail, but in five different paragraphs…19 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon Scandal: Compensation PaymentsMy Lords, following on from the question of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, on 10 January, the Prime Minister said that postmasters will be cleared and compensated swiftly. On the…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWhen I spoke earlier, I asked whether the scientific age assessment had been introduced. The Minister has just referred to other European countries. I said that all those European…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI apologise for not being able to rise to intervene. I am grateful to the noble Lord. The Government have claimed that in almost half the age-disputed cases, the people in…19 Feb 2024HANSARDDeath of Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, I spoke yesterday to members of our sister party Yabloko in Russia. They are very grateful for the reference to all the people who came out on the streets. It was not…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am very sorry for intervening and grateful to the Minister for giving way. We are now back to the same sort of the debate that we had on the previous group, where we are just…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am very sorry, but the language here is important. An appropriate adult need not necessarily be independent of the process that is assessing them. When we debated this during…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I signed Amendments 54 and 55. I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Lister and Lady Neuberger, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford for introducing…19 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon Scandal: RacismMy Lords, the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Sahota, about why there were more Asian subpostmasters treated harshly and sent to prison is important. Nick Wallis, who has…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, who introduced the amendments in this group. I have signed Amendments 18, 23 and 47, but, like him, I have…14 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for his introduction to this important amendment. I have to say that I was somewhat shocked when I first read the Bill. In Clause…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for laying these amendments and the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for introducing them. After the last group, we continue to…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI apologise for intervening again, but this is Committee and I am trying to understand. I am grateful to the Minister for outlining possible alternative routes, but he is…13 Feb 2024