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HANSARDImmigration (Citizens’ Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister. She mentioned administrative review. I want to take this opportunity to ask her about the experience so far. I came across a blog, although I…09 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition Act 2003 (Amendments to Designations) Order 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining the order. Kuwait and Morocco both still carry the death penalty; according to Human Rights Watch, there were seven executions in…09 Mar 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, while I welcome the Bill, which was well overdue even before it was delayed by events, can the Minister tell the House when she anticipates that, assuming its smooth…09 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I acknowledged that the regulations referred to in paragraph 29(2) must be within paragraph 29(1). I come back to the point that good housekeeping should be done before…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, red notices are indeed controversial because they are open to abuse by authoritarian regimes seeking the apprehension of dissidents or “criminals” whose crime is…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I tabled this amendment following the speech of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Clark of Calton, at Second Reading. She raised the issue of the time that a…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I did not expect it to go in this direction, but I thank the noble Lord for his explanation. I am left a bit thrown and not entirely satisfied. I decided that I would…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]I think I pretty much have finished.05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]As my noble friend Lord Paddick says, this is what Committee is about. He has reminded me that some courts are open on a Saturday to deal with custody cases, which adds another…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg leave to move Amendment 4 and will speak to my Amendments 11, 11A and 11C. Amendment 4 would insert into the criteria for a certificate under new Section 74B that…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]I do not think the Minister was long-winded; it is quite a long group of amendments. I am grateful to her for that. I should have brought my iPad so that I could have followed all…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 6; I also have Amendments 7, 9 and 10 in this group. I start with Amendment 9, which I think is the most important. This amendment would restrict…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is an interesting group. With regard to the United States and one of the Five Eyes seeing things a bit differently, if this matter comes back on Report, as it may,…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 13, while Amendment 14 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, is also in this group. Amendment 12 would remove the provision…05 Mar 2020HANSARDWuhan CoronavirusMy Lords, perhaps I may follow up the points about both capacity and testing. Noble Lords might have heard Nick Robinson on the “Today” programme this morning describe his…26 Feb 2020HANSARDImmigration: Points-based SystemMy Lords, I too thank the Minister for repeating the Statement, which included the claim that the points-based system will provide “simple and flexible arrangements”. Can they be…25 Feb 2020