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HANSARDImmigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023I have a point of clarification. What I do not understand, behind the noble Lord’s probing, is that if it is a requirement under law to have an ETA for all visitors coming, for…24 Jul 2023HANSARDImmigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023May I ask my noble friend the Minister about something to do with the policy background? In discussing the changes for which the order provides, both in function and fee levels…24 Jul 2023HANSARDHigher Education ReformMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for her interesting analysis of the Statement in replying to questions. I was particularly interested in the questions from the noble Baronesses,…20 Jul 2023HANSARDOfficial Statistics Order 2023My Lords, can my noble friend the Minister comment on where, if not under these regulations, one can find out who decides the measures that will be included in official statistics…19 Jul 2023HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2023I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for discussing the proposed statutory instrument so thoroughly. I want to follow the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, in what he…19 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, many noble Lords have made very helpful and interesting points in this debate. Amendment 168A, moved by the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury, raises an…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I oppose the amendments in this group that seek to defer the start date for deportation, including to Rwanda, unless and until the Supreme Court overturns the Court of…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hacking. I think the 1949 measure was a good measure following the Rushcliffe report. It had cross-party support then, and legal…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I do not support Amendment 87. It would undermine the purpose of the measure to prevent and deter illegal and unsafe routes. It would require that all children who enter…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am concerned that the amendments in this group would, in their different ways, undermine the purpose of the Bill, which is to deter people and prevent them using…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords—14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, for raising this interesting point and for her proposed Amendment 133. The purpose of the Bill is to prevent and deter illegal…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe noble Lord may be referring to my having to rush out urgently—I needed to get a glass of water. I shall catch up with the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, which I…14 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Trenchard’s Amendment 120, to which I have added my name and which I spoke in favour of in Committee. He then spoke of the history of this…13 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Clause 54 provides that, under the Bill, recipients of removal notices will have access to certain civil legal services. As your Lordships have rightly pointed out, this…12 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I listened with great interest throughout Committee to the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and his very reasonable and constructive proposals for protecting our environment. But…06 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 3A of my noble friend Lord Trenchard. It is important to keep track of retained, revoked or modified EU law for this important sector. Businesses…06 Jun 2023HANSARDStudent VisasMy Lords, will the Government consider the overall need to have a much wider debate about the benefits of overseas students to this country? As far as I know from this morning’s…25 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I oppose Amendments 2, 4 and 148 in this group because they would subvert and obstruct Clause 1, which sets out the purposes of the Bill and how they are to be advanced.…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI think the noble Lord is not aware of the very good access to news which people coming to this country have—and which people traffickers have. It was no surprise that this Bill…24 May 2023