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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI have been trying to read the letter on my phone, but it did not arrive until after 4 pm and the Minister’s office did not have the courtesy to reply to my email. If I had had…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 35. In Committee, I and a number of other noble Lords asked various questions to which the Minister responded that she promised to write to us. Well,…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillJust before the noble Lord sits down, can he say whether there will be any consultation on the guidance? Can someone write to me on that point?02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly in support of the amendment, which I hope the Minister will be able to respond to positively, given that it has been revised to take account of…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I think it is unusual to have more support from the Government Benches than from any other Benches—and very strong support it…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe Minister said that he would take it back, but not with a view to bringing it back at Third Reading. Therefore, I must test the opinion of the House.28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to support this amendment—28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy apologies; it is getting late. I am very pleased to support this amendment. When we debated it in Committee with regard to children and families, the Minister said that there…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 1, I am grateful to my fellow signatories; to BIOT Citizens and Chagossian Voices for their assistance; to the APPG on the Chagos Islands, of which I…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I strongly support Amendment 30. In Committee, the Minister said that the Government’s opposition to the right to work was based less on the pull factor argument than on…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Disability StrategyMy Lords, last week the Work and Pensions Committee took the highly unusual step of publishing a 2020 research report commissioned by the DWP but, in effect, suppressed by it and…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will very briefly say how much I support the noble Lord, Lord Oates; he made a very powerful case. I freeze over whenever I hear the phrase “digital by default”, so I…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, this has been a theme running through the Committee, so it is perhaps fitting that we should come back to it right at the end. There is a question that I have asked a…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I was pleased to add my name to this amendment. At the risk of frazzling the Government Front Bench even further, I did so with citizenship having been one of my main…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the noble Lord makes a very strong case, but I rise to strongly support Amendment 174, to which I have added my name. I am grateful to my friend Professor Fiona…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI asked some very specific questions on the Section 55 review, partly because I thought that the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, would be responding. Even if he cannot respond now, could…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe fact is that I do not think it is an unusual case; I asked Kalayaan for a recent case study and that is what it came up with. The Immigration Rules are not working in that…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly to support the amendment. Seven years ago, I was a member of the inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees into detention. We…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI may have missed it because of the lateness of the hour, but I am not sure the Minister addressed the central proposition that there should be a time limit to detention.10 Feb 2022