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HANSARDImmigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2018My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining the draft order. I ask your Lordships to bear with some cynicism on my part. The obvious questions are: why this order and why now?…14 Feb 2019HANSARDChild RefugeesMy Lords, 1,075 is a drop in the ocean given the appalling situation in the region. Last week, the Minister assured the House that the Home Office takes very seriously the…11 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, before the noble Lord replies, I had read this clause as primarily directed to the power to enter and search premises—in fact you have to do that—as well as a person.…06 Feb 2019HANSARDWindrush SchemeMy Lords, in reporting on the Windrush generation, the Joint Committee on Human Rights, of which I am a member, said: “We note that the new Home Secretary”— as he then was— “has…05 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, the Minister’s last point about engraving a name had not occurred to me, although I do not quite see how it is distinct from the situation under subsection (2), where…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI shall speak also to Amendments 43E, 63A, 63B, 64A, 65A, 65B, 65C, 65D, 65E and 65F. This takes us back to community sentences. We debated their value and the problems associated…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, the Minister will expect us to support the principle of what is encompassed in this amendment. I do not need to repeat what has been said about the importance of…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy noble friend and I have given notice that we oppose Clause 21 standing part of the Bill. Our concern was that expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, about people who need to…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillWhen that is done, could examples —not a whole list of the grain to which the Minister refers—be given to us?30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am not sure whether the Minister wants to introduce the government’s amendments now, so perhaps I should just ask some questions. At Second Reading, I raised the role…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am grateful for that. I do not think that I would manage even to get as far as the rotten apples, because I would have bored the audience. It is not just the buyer who…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, that is why I asked some of my questions, as the activities can be split—although I do not want to promote Amazon. These issues may not be far from the taxation points…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, the Official Report has already recorded my response, as noted by the noble Baroness. I think we will all want to spend some time after this stage of the Bill looking at…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI would expect the Minister to answer no less. She started by saying that I would not be surprised by the Government’s response, and she will not be surprised to hear that we are…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I did not move Amendment 55A because there was an equivalent that we debated on Monday. Amendment 57A would have had an equivalent amendment, but I missed it—nobody is…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, Clause 18 sets out defences to an offence under the previous clause. One defence, in subsection (3), is if the person charged proves that, “the bladed product was…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, in moving this amendment I will speak also to Amendments 43B and 43C. We are still on the issue of residential premises, and I will not go down the route of customs…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillBefore we get to that point, the Minister has mentioned guidance, which will certainly be very welcome. Can we be assured that the practitioners—I do not mean those with real…30 Jan 2019