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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the Government Chief Whip promised that it would be published well before Report concludes. Does the Minister really think that tomorrow is well before Report concludes…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to everyone who spoke, and to the Minister as well. Unfortunately, I do not think that he really heard, or listened to, the arguments put. He says he…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I move Amendment 64 and will introduce Amendment 65. One is consequential to the other so I will take them together. I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for bringing back these amendments, but I am disappointed that he had to do so given the strong case that he made for them…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillBefore the Minister sits down, will he please answer my question, which I put for the fourth time, at the risk of being extremely boring and sounding like a broken record: where…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Mobarik. First, on the principle of third time lucky, for the third time today I ask…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will make two brief points in support of Amendment 14. Before that I repeat the question I posed earlier: where is the child rights impact assessment that we were…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 10 and draw attention to my entry in the register with regard to support from RAMP for this and other groups of amendments. I have lost…28 Jun 2023HANSARDAsylum: Channel CrossingsMy Lords, following the question from my noble friend Lord Dubs, can the Minister explain why we still do not have a child rights impact assessment, so that we can assess the…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentMy Lords, the Statement said that the Bill will have a deterrent effect and that there was strong evidence of that effect. Could the Minister therefore explain why the impact…27 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Baroness and the right reverend Prelate. Amendment 130 is in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Carlile, Lord Kerr and Lord…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillBefore the Minister moves on, I asked a question about children, which was echoed by my noble friend Lord Coaker. The Minister mentioned children in relation to appropriate routes…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOn the subject of impact assessments, I am sure that my noble friend meant to ask where the child rights impact assessment is. It should have been available and shaped the…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will not make the speech I was going to, because all the points I planned to make have been made. In the early hours of yesterday morning, I criticised the Minister for not…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords—14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI appreciate that. Can the noble Baroness tell us what proportion of those people are not in work because of chronic sickness, disabilities that may get in the way of being in…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 139B from the right reverend Prelate, to which I was pleased to add my name. I also support everything he said about Amendment 139A and thank Medical…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe most reverend Primate’s amendment does not say what the strategy should be; it says just that there should be a strategy. Is the Minister really suggesting that another…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I very much welcome this amendment. I should say that this is not a bid to join the Bishops’ Benches and I thank the most reverend Primate for introducing it. I want to…14 Jun 2023