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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWith respect, I would say to the Committee that I think the Minister answered the point, but the answer was very telling. The answer was that the current situation, which is an…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I share the concerns of the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, about the way the Home Office has been looking after unaccompanied children—or not. I share the concerns that were…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am now concerned as to what the legality has been to date. I take entirely the Minister’s point that he wants any Home Office responsibility for these children to be absolutely…07 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39In memory of my late noble and learned friend Lord Morris, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper.06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, provided by Rule 39 of the Rules of…06 Jun 2023HANSARDCovid-19 Inquiry: Judicial ReviewSo as not to mistake the Minister’s intentions, why not make the application not for judicial review but to the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Hallett, herself, by submitting…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39As always, I am grateful to the Minister for his Answer. Does he agree with me that the current group of interim measures against the Russian Federation precluding the execution…06 Jun 2023HANSARDCovid-19 Inquiry: Judicial ReviewMy Lords, on the anniversary of D-day, I remind noble Lords that during the pandemic this country alone lost twice as many civilians as we lost during World War II. Therefore it…06 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, it is an absolute privilege to follow such a distinguished former Permanent Secretary to the Foreign department. To return to my noble friend’s amendment, it may seem a…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful to the Minister for his patience. Could I try this another way in relation to the debate on the impact assessment? If I am wrong about this, I want to be set right.…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI hope the Minister will forgive me, but a narrow but important point of principle was raised by both the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Lord, Lord…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am so grateful to the Minister for responding with his characteristic courtesy and patience. I think I can help him, because I think the problem here arises from the Government…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I rise in support of Amendment 53 tabled by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, and moved by the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, also signed by the noble…05 Jun 2023HANSARDWindrush Generation: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, in addition to parties and such celebrations, which I am sure we all welcome, might the Government not remember the Windrush generation by adequately compensating all…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 4 in this group, in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Paddick and Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI apologise to the Minister for intervening at this late hour. If I understand him correctly, it will now be permissible to legislate retrospectively in any case of criminality…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI heap plaudits on the shoulders of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew. That was worthy of a legal lecture. I hope the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, caught his plane, but that…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWould the noble Baroness like to remind the Committee which limb of the constitution takes responsibility for negotiating and revising treaties on the world stage? Is it the…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillGodin-Mendoza.24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful to the former Minister and sure that he listened carefully to how Section 19 was introduced into the deliberations of the Committee earlier, not least by the noble…24 May 2023