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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support Amendment 115, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, which I have co-signed. Of course, it aims to provide a safe route for unaccompanied…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister, who has given us detailed responses. Some of her points do not really take account of what inspired this set of amendments, which is that people do…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillOn behalf of my noble friend Lord Paddick, I will move Amendment 112 and speak to Amendments 113 and 117, which I have co-signed. The reason I have been given the honour of moving…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will speak to Amendment 147 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, and support Amendment 151C in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker. I share the dismay of others that we…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersThe Minister mentioned earlier that she could not give any data for police enforcement of offences. But, as my noble friend Lady Randerson said, Department for Transport…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe Minister keeps saying that each state will define the refugee convention, and he alluded to the EU qualification directive; there is also the procedures directive. I declare…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, all of these clauses seek to restrict access to the protection of the refugee convention. I will speak to Amendments 103 and 104 to Clause 31 and Amendment 111 to Clause…08 Feb 2022HANSARDHighway CodeMy Lords, it is reported that the Government are considering, as a so-called Brexit freedom, refusing to implement EU standards on better sight lines for buses and lorries so that…07 Feb 2022HANSARDNorthern IrelandMy Lords, when will the Government prioritise getting a so-called SPS or veterinary agreement, which would remove a lot of the checks on food and agricultural products crossing…07 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI appreciate the care with which the Minister has responded to these amendments. Although he started by saying that they were unnecessary, he conceded that there is a group of…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe noble Lord has taken the wind out of my sails; I was going to quote that statistic, though I must admit I did not know it came from there. I got it from the splendid Lift the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group and I ask the Minister to address in her response a couple of issues, particularly in relation to Amendments 57 and 61, about…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will speak to the five amendments in this group—Amendments 83, 88, 90B, 95A and 137, and the question of whether Clause 25 should stand part—all of which I have…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, as I said in an earlier group, the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, who is the lead signatory of these amendments, could not stay so I am moving our amendments in this and the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord again for his detailed responses. On the first point, on Amendment 97, I just hope that we do not find ourselves back in litigation. He asserts…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThis clause is about accelerated detained appeals. In moving Amendment 97 I will also cover Amendment 99, both of which I have signed. As I have said, the noble Lord, Lord Dubs,…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillSurely the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, is right: there is no realistic possibility. The Minister keeps “not confirming” that there are no return arrangements in place yet; she lives…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillCan I intervene on an intervention? What is wrong if those people are allowed to work? If it is then determined that they have no right to stay, they would then have to leave—but,…03 Feb 2022