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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the case for asylum seekers being able to work after a few months is compelling. I am sorry that we have not heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, but I perfectly…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I do not think that the noble Lord is right about EU arrangements. I remember as an MEP fighting hard on the inadmissibility provisions in EU directives. On the Dublin…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am really sorry, I know we are looking at the clock, but if I have understood it, and I am sure the Minister is briefed to the hilt, the problem is that he who has, gets more,…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillBefore the Minister answers—I am sorry to prolong the debate; I was going to leave this point until group 8 on the right to work—she talked about pull factors being an absolute…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy recollection of the French criticism is that they were criticising the ability of asylum seekers to work in the black economy—not the ability to be idle and live off the…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly. The remarks by the noble Baroness, Lady Neuberger, made me reflect. She was talking about how it takes a year, 18 months or two years for the…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillBefore the noble Baroness responds, I add that I do not think that the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, is confused: I fear that the Minister is being mildly disingenuous with us. Can she…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe clause breaches the refugee convention, in my opinion. I agree with many people who said that.01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI was not clear about the noble Baroness’s reference to me. The fact that I did not actually say that I believed Clause 11 breaks the refugee convention does not mean that I do…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI hope the Minister would acknowledge that—speaking only for myself—what I was doing was objecting to the restriction. I did not criticise the existing record, although my…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I remind everyone that Clause 11 is not only not about immigration, let alone illegal immigration; it is not even about asylum seekers. It is titled “Differential…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillBut that is why we need family reunion routes.01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillCan I just ask the noble Lord about his assumption—it seemed to be a stereotype—that young single men are not at risk? I do not claim to be an expert on the profile of asylum…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I certainly welcome a great deal of what the Minister had to say, and I thank her for it. I will have to read Hansard just to make sure that I have mastered every detail…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I hope not to have to detain the Committee for too long on this admittedly complicated subject of the anomalous historical legacy of comprehensive sickness…01 Feb 2022HANSARDMinisters: Overseas TravelWhen so many people are having to resort to food banks and are terrified about the rise in the cost of living, did the Foreign Secretary not display a rather Marie Antoinette “let…01 Feb 2022HANSARDIntelligence: RussiaThe Foreign Secretary pledges “nowhere to hide” for Putin’s oligarchs, but they are “hiding in plain sight” in their London mansions. In 2018, the Commons Foreign Affairs…31 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, as a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, I agree with the noble Baroness that we have done good work on the Bill. On a more serious note, perhaps I may say…27 Jan 2022