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HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to propose Second Reading of this important Private Member’s Bill. While there are some small additions in this Bill to the…08 Jul 2022HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, the Minister was not wrong in that last remark. I thank him very much for his reply, which I will come back to, but I want to thank everybody who has spoken in this…08 Jul 2022HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.08 Jul 2022HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]Was he five? I thought he was 11; the press always says 11. Anyway, he has obviously been a very successful businessman and politician. How do you know who will prosper? Lots of…08 Jul 2022HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]Other wars are indeed going on, and that is why refugees are fleeing, whether from Afghanistan, Sudan or the Middle East. I regret that the Minister trotted out the “children are…08 Jul 2022HANSARDSewage Disposal in Rivers and Coastal WatersMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours. Amid this discussion of an unpleasant subject, it is pleasurable to have in my mind the image of…07 Jul 2022HANSARDSewage Disposal in Rivers and Coastal WatersI am grateful to the Minister and sorry that I missed the first minute of his response. Following the theme of my speech, can I ask that another term be used instead of “storm…07 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraine: Defence RelationshipsMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, for this very timely and important debate. The noble Lord, Lord Hannan, said we have a better system in place, as a democracy, to…09 Jun 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: First Treasury CounselMy Lords, the Minister referred to the absence of the Executive. It was expected that the publication of the Bill would be an incentive to create the Executive, but I understand…09 Jun 2022HANSARDImmigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms), etc., Regulations 2022My Lords, I too thank the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, for ensuring that we have this debate, and I join with him in applauding the previous work that my noble friend Lord Oates…07 Jun 2022HANSARDCourt of Justice of the European Union: Comprehensive Sickness InsuranceMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, but the Government have had two months. The treatment of EU and EEA citizens risks becoming another Windrush, whether from refusal…24 May 2022HANSARDCourt of Justice of the European Union: Comprehensive Sickness InsuranceTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 10 March on comprehensive…24 May 2022HANSARDWorking Practices (International Agreements Committee Report)My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, wondered if it was self-indulgent to debate the work of one of our committees, but no one needs to persuade me, as a former MEP, of the…19 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, Europe does not figure in the title of today’s debate, or indeed of any of the five days of debate on the Queen’s Speech. Europe, it seems, has been abolished. Some…18 May 2022HANSARDShireen Abu AqlaMy Lords—17 May 2022HANSARDShireen Abu AqlaMy Lords, the Minister did not quite answer the question of whether he thought it feasible and valuable to have a joint investigation. The bullet is clearly an essential piece of…17 May 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, while political knockabout is tempting in the surreal circumstance to which the Government have brought us in respect of the Northern Ireland protocol, the situation is…17 May 2022HANSARDEuropean Research CouncilMy Lords, everyone agrees that UK participation in Horizon is of benefit to researchers in the UK, the EU and beyond, but also of mutual benefit is the UK’s commitment to stick to…27 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the Ukrainian family scheme drives a welcome coach and horses through the usual Home Office approach to refugee family reunion, which is to oppose anything but a very…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill02 Mar 2022