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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, noble Lords will recall that in Committee I proposed replacing Section 31 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 because it is incomplete. That section attempts to…11 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I find myself in agreement with many of the genuine human rights concerns already expressed around the Committee. I find myself in a bit of a time warp because these…10 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIn the spirit of Committee, I wonder whether I might challenge the noble Lord a little on this epidemic of child criminality to which he so graphically referred. I think we should…10 Nov 2025HANSARDPrison Services: InsourcingMy Lords, the Government are clearly very fortunate to have my noble friend the Minister in this vital role, with his commercial and prison-reform expertise. Following the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: SafeguardingMy Lords, is there an analogy with drugs here—a potent technology which has great and positive uses in healthcare, but that can also be abused? Therefore, it must be properly…04 Nov 2025HANSARDAdult Prison Estate: Support for Young PeopleMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for all his answers so far. Is he aware—I am embarrassed that I was not—that people can still be remanded in custody, even pending trial…03 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIt is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg. First, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Hanson of Flint on securing the considerable legal services of my noble friend…16 Oct 2025HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Training and DisciplineI am grateful, as always, to my noble friend the Minister. I gave him advance notice of a case of a 68 year-old man convicted in Guildford Crown Court just last week of a string…16 Oct 2025HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Training and DisciplineTo ask His Majesty’s Government, following the BBC Panorama documentary Undercover in the Police , what plans they have to change law or practice regarding police vetting,…16 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Claims: Religious ConversionMy Lords, in the light of the substance of this Question, would my noble friend the Minister like to restate the Government’s commitment to Article 9 of the European Convention on…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their engagement in this group, even though some engagement was with a rather broader brush than ideally one would like in…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillCan I interrupt my noble friend for a moment to say that I understand the reasons for breaking mid-group but that the period of the break will give me a little longer to reflect…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the noble Lord for giving way a second time. My point is on not the big stuff around public opinion but the specific question of the danger of courts striking down the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillAs a point of information, does the noble Lord realise that the title, “Primacy of the Refugee Convention” is directly adopted from the Conservative’s Asylum and Immigration…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will introduce Amendments 184 and 185 in my name. I am grateful for the support of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford and the noble Baroness, Lady…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for giving way. While he is still on his feet—I love that device—and before my noble friend Lord Bach responds, I think I…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I too wish a swift and full recovery to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. Her colleague has ably set out the thinking behind this amendment. I suspect I am…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I also support the amendment from my noble friend Lord Bach and pay tribute to him not just for the amendment but for decades of service to access to justice, not least…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWe cannot.03 Sept 2025