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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am grateful that the Minister was kind enough to inform the Committee about the November reforms from the Strasbourg court, so surely all these natural justice concerns have now…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure, as always, to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carlile. On this occasion, it is fortuitous to follow him because—without repeating the brilliant points made…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWhy, then, does the Victims and Prisoners Bill, as presented by the Government, require the Secretary of State to consult the Attorney-General before amending the victims’ code,…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I am intervening because he referred to something I said. Let me be clear: I totally agree with his analysis that Section 4…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe noble and learned Lord’s noble friend is just trying to speed up parliamentary consideration after a declaration of incompatibility. As the nature of the noble and learned…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will introduce my Amendments 81 and 82 in this group, which I have the privilege of sharing with the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. I remind the Committee that the…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI think we have got to the heart of this. I am concerned about the time, not just for Members of the Committee but for the staff, just before the one-day half-term. I think…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is always a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton, with his decades of human rights advocacy, often at personal risk from some of the rather terrifying…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, who has put his case with the precision and succinctness that we remember of our late friend Lord Judge. These amendments would…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am fascinated by this new “court of Parliament” concept. Anyone who thinks that the Age of Reason ended in 1800 will need to read Hansard tomorrow because, if I may say so, the…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI just remind the noble and learned Lord that he said he would return to the temporal issue of how Parliament would be able to reassess the safety of Rwanda, if facts changed—if…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate, who was, of course, an Immigration Minister in the Home Office and therefore is not a “lefty…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillDoes the noble Lord share the concern, that I and various committees of your Lordships’ House have, that the declaration of incompatibility, by itself and without the other…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords—14 Feb 2024HANSARDProtest MeasuresMy Lords, not for the first time in the last 24 hours, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. Why was this announcement made by vague press release on a…13 Feb 2024HANSARDAI: “Nudify” AppsMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, asked a Question that was forensic, specific, nimble and agile—all adjectives that the Minister keeps using: “Why not ban these nudify…13 Feb 2024HANSARDCombating Disinformation: Freedom of ExpressionMy Lords, the Question of the noble Lord, Lord Strasburger, requires a little further interrogation, because that report by Big Brother Watch suggested that during the pandemic,…13 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I am very proud to have signed the two amendments tabled by the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. When I first looked at them, I thought that, given the scale of obscenity…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI shall be brief. Why did the Minister put that on the face of the Bill, when all the lawyers in the Committee agree that, as a matter of domestic law, unless a treaty is…12 Feb 2024