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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I have listened carefully to the Minister. I still hope that some lessons will be learned from the Ukrainian family scheme, about which we will probably have some…02 Mar 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 BillMy Lords, I very much thank the Minister, who has taken a very welcome personal interest in this matter, which is very encouraging. The government amendments are interesting and…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI do thank the Minister for that reply. I am not absolutely certain. It may just be that I did not follow the detail, but I am not sure I quite heard that the guidance, apart from…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the arguments have been put very well and very strongly. I am very pleased to co-sign the excellent amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud. Her speech…28 Feb 2022HANSARDRefugees and Asylum SeekersMy Lords, the EU has said that Ukrainian refugees, who do not need visas to get into the Schengen zone anyway, can stay for three years without having to regularise their…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I recognise that the Bill removes discrimination against those, including some descendants of Chagossians, unable to claim previously through their mothers or unmarried…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the Minister for that further clarification. I think I have got as far as I am going to get—28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the superb speech from the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup. I start my own remarks with a light note on which I will not continue. I…25 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, when we eventually get the economic crime Bill, it and other similar legislation will be welcome, but critics would say that the challenge is enforcement. Do the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee.…23 Feb 2022HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]That the order of commitment be discharged.23 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, I share the puzzlement of those who wonder what else President Putin has to do to get the full barrage of UK sanctions fired at him. The Statement says that he has…22 Feb 2022HANSARDState Pension Underpayments and Arrears for WomenMy Lords, one of the points made in this very critical report last month by the Public Accounts Committee was that the DWP lacked any plan to contact the next of kin of deceased…21 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 153 and 155 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Dubs. Before I do so, I fully associate myself with the powerful words of the noble Lord, Lord…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I want to say a few sentences as my last words in Committee—thank goodness, at 11 o’clock at night. I agree with what my noble friend Lady Hamwee has said, and I applaud…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI stress that these Benches as a whole support my noble friend Lord Oates’s amendment, as we consistently have. I applaud him for pursuing this issue relentlessly. It seems like…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will very briefly give support from these Benches to all three of these amendments. They all demonstrate the practical consequences of Brexit. I declare a bit of an…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I would like to lend our support from these Benches to both the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker. The subject of retained EU law is one on which it is easy to…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, we have been quicker than I anticipated but what my noble friend said is true; I must admit that I am starving. I will speak to Amendments 171 and 172 from the JCHR, in…10 Feb 2022