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HANSARDEnglish Horticultural Sector (Horticultural Sector Committee Report)My Lords, I cannot claim to know anything about horticulture. I do know that it is important economically and because it helps to feed us, and for the sheer pleasure it gives. I…19 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, can the Minister explain to the House how far the scope of the annual report will go beyond what the monitoring committee will be doing, so that both the Government and…16 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I hesitated to intervene in this debate, but with the leave of the House I will add a thought for the Minister. Keeping training up to date is important because the…16 Apr 2024HANSARDLocal Government FinancesMy Lords, I readily accept that I am past my sell-by date, but there are times when speaking from your own experience just feels right. I was a London borough councillor from 1978…21 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I apologise to the Committee for missing the opening part of this debate. I was with representatives of the Bar Council discussing these very issues. Having chaired a…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I particularly support the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, although I support all of them. I also thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of…12 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for that explanation. I have to say that my recollection is that the issue is much wider than the exemption and ensuring that there is no tip-off to…05 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2024Before the Minister ends, can I go back to the record the Home Secretary is to keep under the schedule’s new paragraph 4B? It provides that, when he makes a decision, he must keep…05 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, my name would have been on the amendment of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, but I was not quite agile enough to get in as number four. The treaty…04 Mar 2024HANSARDShamima BegumMy Lords, does the Minister acknowledge that one reason why there is a call for people to be brought back to this country to stand trial in our courts is that the alleged…27 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillCould I follow that up before the Minister goes on to the next point? Does he anticipate that there will be consultation with the sector—it is a very big sector of course—on the…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, might like to know that, in evidence that the Justice and Home Affairs Committee took recently on community sentences, we came across…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I will speak with the leave of the Committee and with many apologies; I was delayed in a committee. Amendment 143A is a probing amendment to seek to understand whether…26 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, when the noble Lord, Lord Murray, referred to this in his contribution, he used the term “simply”. He said that it would simply have to be dealt with by the young person…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the poke is very difficult to interrogate. One of the provisions of the treaty is about reception arrangements and accommodation, which goes to the point that the noble…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is certainly the case that we ask for a lot of information, but if there is no obligation on the Government to provide the information, where do we go from there?19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, no one could disagree with a word of that. I of course support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Browne. It makes me ashamed every time I see stories such as those…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I am not sure whether I picked up in the Minister’s response that he included the cohort listed in paragraph (b) of the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Browne; that…14 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I support the amendments that call for proper support for this new role. It should not need to be spelled out that the IPA will need a budget. I happen to think that he…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, during the debate on the victims’ code, we discussed the problem that victims are often advised not to undergo any counselling or therapy because that might damage how…13 Feb 2024