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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI apologise if the Minister was about to come on to this, but they are not being used as a diagnostic tool here. The whole point is that it is unethical to use such techniques…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendments 146 and 148 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Neuberger, who has sat there so patiently—well, I am not sure about patiently, but she…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, we have obviously been reading different things because everything that I have read and heard about the policy in Australia suggests that it is far from successful, and…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI tend to give more credence to people on the ground, but there it is. I share concerns that have already been raised about potential health and human rights implications and the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillBefore the Minister replies, I also asked some questions about children and, more specifically, about when they turn 18 and whether their age will be challenged.08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am very sorry but the noble Baroness is not answering the right reverend Prelate’s question. It is not about safe and legal routes but about who will and will not be offshored,…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am sorry, but a whole range of noble Lords asked a question, in different ways, about what happens to the asylum seekers if they are granted refugee status in the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 105 in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, who cannot be here tonight, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am not a lawyer, so I rise with some trepidation, but it seems to me that it suits the Government’s purpose to interpret it in this way, because it means that fewer vulnerable…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am sorry to keep bobbing up, and I appreciate what the Minister said about monitoring the equality impact of this legislation, but does he accept that Clause 32 means that a…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI did.08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support these amendments, to which I was pleased to add my name. I thank the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Helen Bamber Foundation for their help. Many of us…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I strongly support the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, in what she had to say, but I would like some clarification. She said clearly that the effect of this clause is to…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThis is from a non-lawyer, so it may be absolute rubbish. The legislation says, “This is an offence” again and again. It does not say, “We will treat it as an offence only if it…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillOf course, but that is for a clinical reason. I realise that is what he meant, but my point is that then there is a reason for it because there is some problem with the child’s…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank Committee Members for their kind words and, more importantly, those who made strong contributions in support of these amendments. It is not appropriate to cover…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillNo, I am sorry; I do not, because they are all people. We should start by accepting their common humanity, and then we can see how people fare in the system. That is my working…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBenefit Sanctions on JobseekersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their policy to impose benefit sanctions after four weeks rather than three months if an unemployed…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI absolutely understand—I do not think it was in its general briefing, but it produced a separate report last week or the week before, and it is worth looking at.03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill03 Feb 2022