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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I do not make light of the difficulty of providing accommodation. Batting the blame between central and local government, as is sometimes done, is not going to advance…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the argument from the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, seemed to be addressed more to refugees than asylum seekers and I think that almost everyone who has spoken about the…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 174, I will leave my noble friends Lord German and Lord Wallace to speak to their Amendments 181 and 183. I received a message asking me to pass on…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, my noble friends both made very powerful cases. I hope that my noble friend Lord Wallace will forgive me if I make only one comment on his amendment, in fact in response…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, and spoken to by other noble Lords. I was grateful, too, to have been briefed by the Equality…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the short point that my noble friend Lord Paddick wanted to make, as he generally does, in leaving out Clause 74(3) is that, again, this seems to conflate immigration…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the Minister said there is a deliberate time limit to these powers. I may be reading this wrong, but they apply to “the period of 5 days beginning with the day after the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, has her name to the opposition to Clause 76 standing part of the Bill. I am happy to pick this up briefly, as she has had to leave.…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThat is very kind of the noble Baroness. My handwriting is perfectly clear; it is just that it makes absolutely no sense for me to have written down the word “goodness” in the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, on Tuesday the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, brought into the Chamber the Criminal Law Handbook and referred to its size. “Handbook” is a bit of a misnomer because lifting…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI would be delighted to move it and I apologise to the House. Amendment 17610 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the impetus started a long time before the Williams review. It is quite some time since I had a proper clear out of my filing cabinet in this building, and when I last…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillAs the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, is not here, I wanted to say that her point about consultation was well made, but what I think is particularly important in this group is…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I know that the lead amendment is Amendment 176, and I did not really speak to it, but I am very glad to have heard that offer from the Minister. As I think I said…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, as a fellow penitent, though in my case probably for taking too much interest and spending too long sitting here—that is not intended as any sort of criticism of the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill10 Feb 2022