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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am being slow now, but the Minister has said on a number of occasions that this Bill does not provide for “indefinite detention”. Where in the Bill does it place a limit on how…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, may I go back to the question of “indefinite”? In effect, the Minister has said that the period is indefinite. We know that the current situation allows for indefinite…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I was going to make a speech in support of Amendment 78, to which I have added my name, but the case has been made so well by the right reverend Prelate and by the noble…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I was pleased to add my name to the notice opposing Clause 13 standing part, to which the noble Lord, Lord German, has spoken. It challenges the disapplication of the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI specifically asked the Minister what the assumption is about how large the panel’s workload will be. Are we talking about it advising on many families or very few? I also asked…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillTo take the noble Lord back to the question that was asked by the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, has the economic impact assessment been completed or not? If it has been, why do we not…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, on 24 May, the Minister said the same thing: that he would take our concerns back to the department. There have been nearly two weeks for the department to reflect and…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 17, spoken to so powerfully by the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, to which I have added my name; but I support any amendment…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI asked a number of questions around the child rights impact assessment. Please do not say that we will get it in due course, because I quoted from the UN committee’s guidance on…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillTo add to that, we should have had a child rights impact assessment. That is supposed to be done right at the outset of the policy discussion. Therefore, it would have been…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I agree with everything that has been said so far, but I will focus on the opposition to Clause 2 standing part of the Bill. This clause is, in many ways, the nub of the…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Minister is beginning to address the question that I have raised twice: why should we accept this Government’s interpretation of the refugee convention over and above that of…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillCould I ask that the Minister copies everyone who took part in this debate into the letter he is going to send, because it is of interest to many of us?24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 4 and draw attention to my entry in the register, with regard to support from RAMP for this and later amendments. It is vital that, in…24 May 2023HANSARDState Pension Underpayment ErrorsMy Lords, the noble Viscount’s Written Statement last week celebrated the fall in fraud and overpayment error in the social security system as a whole, but it rather glossed over…16 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I refer to the register and support from RAMP. Here we go again: the wretched of the earth, fleeing violence or persecution, are to be thrown from the frying pan of the…10 May 2023HANSARDPrepayment Meters: Code of PracticeMy Lords, notwithstanding what the Minister said about the precautionary principle, and following my noble friend, are the Government really satisfied that the firm ban on…20 Apr 2023HANSARDShort-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022My Lords, the wording of this regret Motion is taken in large part from the highly critical report of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, which draws the rules to the…18 Apr 2023HANSARDShort-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022That this House regrets that the Short-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022 (SI 2022/1345) remove important safeguards and reduce the standards for the lawful detention…18 Apr 2023HANSARDShort-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022My Lords, I am very grateful to everybody who has spoken, all of whom I think have deepened the arguments and reminded noble Lords what is at stake here. I am grateful to the…18 Apr 2023