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HANSARDOperation SoteriaThe question is, and it is an important one: what has happened to those SARCs? How many are there in the country? They seem to have disappeared off the radar, and young women do…13 Jul 2023HANSARDHong Kong: Bounties for Exiled Pro-democracy ActivistsMy Lords, as your Lordships know, along with the noble Lord, Lord Alton, I have been sanctioned by the Chinese, and it is not just me but my whole family. The long arm of China is…06 Jul 2023HANSARDChinaMy Lords, I endorse everything that has been said by previous speakers. I have a number of questions to ask the Minister, who represents the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, Amendments 3 to 5 to Clause 164 are in my name. They relate to a matter that I raised in Committee: threats of a more indirect nature. As I explained at that time, I…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillBefore the Minister sits down, I express my gratitude that he has indicated that my amendment would have some serious impact. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIt is not specific to women; it is general.06 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, we have just had mention made of the young woman from Tehran. I have been in touch with that young woman; in fact, there are more than one of them. Some of your…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I too added my name to the amendment tabled by the most reverend Primate. I did so because, as has been said, this issue will really challenge us in the years ahead. It…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I did not intend to speak, but I cannot let this opportunity to refute what has just been said by the noble Lord, Lord Clarke, go unanswered. There are alternatives. One…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWe had a very good asylum process. Over the years of austerity, it was cut to the bone, including cuts to the number of people with the skills to assess those asylum applications.…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillLet me complete a sentence. We put our names at the bottom of the refugee convention saying that we would provide asylum to people, but you need a decision-making process to…28 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I have two amendments in this grouping. I am afraid that I did not have time to get others to put their names to them, but I hope that they will find some support in…22 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am grateful to the Minister. I was not imagining that the formulations that I played with fulfilled all of the requirements. Of course, as a practising lawyer, I am anxious that…22 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The report, as others have mentioned, came out early today, and many noble Lords will not yet have had the…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI was just going to posit to the noble Lord that some of these people having to flee are aged 16 and 17 and were involved in demonstrations and so on and then fled by unusual…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as noble Lords will see, my name is attached to the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, and I support it. I am a patron of both Hong Kong Watch and another…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillA year ago, I conducted an inquiry into a horrifying set of events that took place in Glasgow during Covid, involving refugees and asylum seekers. Support was given then by the…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillA great deal of research has gone into the risks associated with countries where the law still criminalises homosexuality. The research of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, a number of years ago, I chaired an inquiry in Scotland for the Equality and Human Rights Commission of the United Kingdom to look into the position of trafficking in…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I wonder if an answer could be given to the question from the Minister’s colleague on the Benches behind him, who asked about Commonwealth countries. Would the Minister…07 Jun 2023