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HANSARDCitizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I say to the noble Lord, Lord Bowness, that I wondered whether I might talk about the drafting for a full eight or nine minutes and decided that that would not be very…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCitizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020As an amendment to the above motion, to leave out from “that” to the end and to insert “this House declines to approve the draft Regulations because the so-called ‘grace period’…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCitizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for going through those detailed and technical provisions. I have tabled this amendment opposing the grace period statutory instrument not…22 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I very much regret the rejection of the clause to which your Lordships had agreed regarding children in care. The Minister said on a previous occasion that we were…21 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThis stage does not need a long speech, so I will say only that I understand why the noble Lord, Lord McColl, is not pursuing matters today. I know that he will continue to press…21 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, it is rare for a campaign to take off in the way that the call for physical proof has done. The Government have made their arguments over a number of stages and those…21 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am of course grateful to my noble friends who supported this amendment. I hope that I never give my noble friend Lady Ludford cause to look up what I have said in the past. I am…21 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMoved by At end insert “but do propose Amendment 2B in lieu—21 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I am moving an amendment similar to that moved at a previous stage but with a change to meet one of the points made against it. It came as a shock to me to learn that…21 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, at every stage, tributes have been paid to the noble Lord, Lord Dubs—rightly so, but I imagine he must sometimes be shouting at his screen, while on mute, “Forget the…21 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am, of course, pleased to hear the Government’s decision on this. From and on behalf of our Benches, I added my name to the previous versions of this amendment. The point has…21 Oct 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]Leave out “agree” and insert “disagree”.14 Oct 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my regret about the position on the European arrest warrant. Our post-Brexit arrangements in the realm of security and policing seem precarious or, at best, a poor…14 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, as the Minister said, the Bill is about ending free movement. From these Benches, we are no more enthusiastic about that than when the Bill started; if anything, perhaps…12 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, discretionary leave is a precarious response, as we have heard, and it is not frequently granted. We support the amendment and the Private Member’s Bill of the noble…06 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to those who have taken part in this debate. My noble friend Lady Ludford asked whether this was a chess board, but I think it is more like snakes and…06 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill06 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, in replying to this and the other amendment on no recourse to public funds in Committee, the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, said, according to Hansard ,…06 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill06 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, the explanation of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, of how unsatisfactory the Bill is, particularly Schedule 1, was a model of clarity, unlike the schedule. He has also…06 Oct 2020