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HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to support my noble friend Lord Jackson of Peterborough’s Amendment 146, which was supported so ably by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. One measure…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I apologise that I did not get to speak at Second Reading. I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Bach, for earned release, that in addition to compliance with…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR ForecastsOn 31 October, the OBR told the Chancellor of the £4.2 billion. When the Ministers met that same day, neither the Prime Minister nor the Chancellor saw fit to share with Ministers…01 Dec 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness the Leader of the House for responding to the Statement. I will press a her little on how the arrangements for the coalition of the willing…26 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Lord for the intervention but, if he will permit me, I would like to finish. We can imagine many different sorts of conversation. If noble Lords would like to…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group. I am a research director at Politeia, a think tank that has commissioned a great deal of work from lawyers and academics,…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt is about the level of authority which the professional person, who is in a way a public servant, and the trust which one endows in one’s GP or family doctor. As we have heard…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, to substitute “ability” for “capacity” in Clause 1(1)(a). As Clause 3 explains—we have already…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBefore the noble and learned Lord finishes, can he clarify for the Committee that a person who can grasp only a diluted amount of information, or who cannot retain the information…14 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMay I press the Minister? If there are strong and perfectly amicable links between this country and the home country of a student who has blatantly failed to meet conditions and…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, my Amendment 35C aims to stop people who come to the UK on a student visa abandoning that route for an asylum claim. Today, I will explain why such an amendment is…05 Nov 2025HANSARDExtradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2025I thank the Minister for giving way, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, very much for describing things so well. Notwithstanding all the assurances the Minister is…30 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillDoes the Minister accept, in talking about the impact on trade unions, that the position is now very different in terms of the historical context, given that union membership has…28 Oct 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Levitt, to the Front Bench to supplement the efforts of the indefatigable Home Office team on the Front Bench in the Lords. I wish to…16 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, Amendment 166 from the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, would not only oblige the Secretary of State to change the rules under Section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 to…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the noble Lords who spoke in the debate and particularly to my noble friend Lord Sandhurst for spotting this. I had thought about it in respect of other…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillAmendment 203L, on the refusal of certain asylum claims, seeks to exclude asylum claims made after two days from those who entered the country on a student visa. The aim is to…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank my noble friend and the noble and learned Baroness for their interventions. What I was saying is that the country has always been sympathetic and fair and accommodated…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am sorry not to get in before the noble Lord, and I am grateful for the tolerance of the House. I will be as brief as I can. I support Amendment 203I in the name of my…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I have a short intervention. If the First-tier Tribunal is open, as I understand from my noble friend Lord Murray it is, I see no reason for not allowing publication in…13 Oct 2025