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HANSARDElections BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way again. I understand where he is going: he is drawing analogies with a number of other situations in our country where photo ID is…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI make no comment about that, but people increasingly use debit and credit cards. They carry them around on their person. In fact, some people now use their phones for everything.…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI am so sorry to interrupt mid-sentence; it was just due to my hesitation. In the moments which follow, will the noble Lord give some thought to, and reflect on, his comment that…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, and agree with everything he said; that is hardly surprising, of course, because I have added my name to the list of those…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillIt is just my mask which makes me look suspicious.21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I am not an expert on dining clubs, working men’s club or gentlemen’s clubs. Sadly, in these days of the pandemic, even nightclubs are a distant memory.17 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI have found this absolutely fascinating—I genuinely have. This is not a rhetorical point. I understand that both the noble Baronesses opposite who have spoken have said they want…17 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, to vote is a fundamental right. It is not a new-age right invented the other day; it is a fundamental civil and political right. It is also, for many of us, an ethical…17 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillNo, really?17 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI will get advice from my noble friend on that afterwards. I am concerned about third parties campaigning in a free democratic society and unintended consequences. My background…17 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, the aim of Amendment 174 is to learn from mistakes made during this pandemic and ensure that, in the event of a public health emergency of international concern, our…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who spoke at this late hour, including the Minister. With respect, however, the numbers just do not stack up. I am so glad that the Government…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill16 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am rationing my interventions on Report to facilitate the early and many necessary Divisions. I know that other critics of this Bill are doing the same; I am grateful…02 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees and Asylum SeekersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what regular conversations they have with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); and how this relationship…28 Feb 2022HANSARDRefugees and Asylum SeekersI am grateful to the Minister for that. She will appreciate that due to tragic events in recent days, our defence of the refugee convention is now totally inseparable from our…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesMy Lords, does the Minister remember that the reason we have a refugee convention in the first place is because we have been here before, with ships of Jewish refugees not being…28 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillJust on that—and by the way, I did not speak earlier because the case was made so well by the noble Lord, Lord Marks, and I think it is a kindness to the Committee at this stage…24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI am conscious that the Committee is valiant and well into the third hour of today’s proceedings; nevertheless, the next is a very important group. We are now in Chapter 4 and we…24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillSubject to the views of the Committee, that sounds eminently sensible. In case it is necessary, perhaps I might say that I support those amendments and would not want to deprive…24 Feb 2022