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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillAt end insert “and do propose Amendments 7F and 7G in lieu—26 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, while supporting all the amendments in this group, I speak to Motion D1 in my name, taking up the baton from the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, whom I thank for her…26 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI beg to move.26 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I too very much support and welcome these amendments. I am very pleased that there have been discussions which have led to an agreement. However, I have been approached…06 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 8, to which I have added my name. I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Willetts. The one real argument put by Ministers to…06 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillBefore the Minister sits down, can he say something about what the RNIB has asked for in respect of driving forward trials for innovation? I do not think he mentioned that in his…06 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thought I had said it, but in the Commons, it is on the record that no fee will be charged, nor will there be a character test. It will be done through the fees order; that is…04 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, on Motion A, I am very pleased to be able to accept Amendments 1A and 1B in lieu of my original amendment. Together with assurances given on the record in the Commons,…04 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI think that we are going backwards because, in the Commons, the Minister said that he would take away this point and look into it, but now the noble and learned Lord seems to be…04 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will speak to Motion N1. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for tabling Amendments 22B to 22F. I simply seek some assurances from the Minister on behalf of the…04 Apr 2022HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022Most academics would use the relative poverty rate these days, so could the Minister give us that?23 Mar 2022HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022I accept that not everybody out of work is required to seek work or able to seek work, whether because of their caring responsibilities, or whatever. I asked a very specific…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I support the amendment, to which I have added my name and which has been so well introduced by the noble Lord. The House of Commons Library briefing note on prisoners’…23 Mar 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (EAC Report)Could I ask the Minister about take-up estimates?23 Mar 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (EAC Report)I asked a number of questions about migration to UC. Perhaps the Minister could write about that as well.23 Mar 2022HANSARDSpring Statement Affordability TestMy Lords, for the poorest families who have already cut back to the bone, this is an emergency. Will the Minister explain exactly what additional money has been put into their…23 Mar 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (EAC Report)My Lords, I congratulate the committee on a first-class report and commend its then chair for having championed some of its recommendations, even today, notably concerning the…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 137 and 138, to which I have added my name, and oppose Amendment 143. Last November, the eminent professor of politics at Cambridge University,…23 Mar 2022HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Davies of Brixton for tabling this regret Motion, and it is very well-timed given that today was the Spring Statement. The…23 Mar 2022HANSARDSocial Security SystemTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations for reform of the social security system made in the report Covid Realities: documenting life…22 Mar 2022