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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI support the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and the noble Lord, Lord Dubs. It would be something of a disgrace if we did not take these measures to protect, to a very limited…20 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett, the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, and the right reverend Prelate the…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baronesses, Lady Lister of Burtersett and Lady Brinton, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford, and I wish to make only a very few…19 Feb 2024HANSARDRefugee IntegrationMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Schwab & Westheimer Trust helping young asylum seekers and refugees access higher education and as a member of the Woolf…18 Jan 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, most of what I wished to say has been said by others. I pay tribute to my noble and learned friend Lady Butler-Sloss, the noble Viscount and my noble and learned friend…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 150, to which I have added my name, and indeed to all the amendments in this group—I will be very brief. Of course it is right that we should…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham and the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett, for what they said—they said most of what I wanted to say. I…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am sorry but can the Minister explain how this can be acceptable when subjecting young people—children—to investigations such as X-rays that are not at all for their benefit is…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of University College London Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust and of Whittington Health NHS Trust which, given what we are discussing now,…07 Jun 2023HANSARDLong CovidMy Lords, I declare my interests as chair of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, chair of Whittington Health NHS Trust and a member of the North Central…17 Nov 2022HANSARDLong CovidI am extremely grateful to the noble Lord, and I shall make sure that Melissa knows about that. Meanwhile, we have all the figures that everybody has cited, and the ONS has…17 Nov 2022HANSARDRwanda Asylum Partnership: Removal of Unaccompanied ChildrenMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett, for securing this debate. It is really important that we debate this issue again—and, possibly,…21 Jul 2022HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, in her Private Member’s Bill on family reunion. We discussed these issues just a few months ago during the passage of the…08 Jul 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as chair of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and of Whittington Health NHS Trust, and as chair of the Schwab & Westheimer…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, we did not get reassurance on several issues. I wish to test the opinion of the House because we need to know more about the ethical response, which we did not get from…08 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, in what she has just said, as well as my noble friend Lady Finlay and the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. I pay tribute to…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I am also rather nervous. I spoke at Second Reading about how worried I was by the exclusion of the ombudsman—the PHSO—from the provisions to create a safe space for…09 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillOf course I accept that, but I do not think it is right. Once the safe space exists and is part of the system, and the ombudsman has those rights—or traditionally has had those…09 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett, in her Amendments 146 and 148. I thank her and the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for their sympathy, but they too…08 Feb 2022