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HANSARDHealth and Care BillI understand the noble Baroness’s sentiment. Had there been a Second Reading or Committee opportunity—that is, had this amendment not been introduced on Report—there would have…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, Amendment 183 was tabled in the name of my noble friend Lady Sugg and, like many others, I want to honour her for her commitment to vulnerable women and international…16 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill14 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, in the absence of my noble friend Lord Kirkhope due to Covid, I will be moving Amendment 35 in his name. It is disappointing that the concerns expressed by many noble…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI beg to test the opinion of the House.02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, again in the absence of my noble friend Lord Kirkhope, who still has Covid, I wish to speak to Amendment 49, tabled in his name, which introduces a global resettlement…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is clear that a number of very serious outstanding questions about this policy need to be answered before we can give the Government these powers. In response to the…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, Amendment 30 in my name aims to introduce the right to work for asylum seekers who have been resident in the UK for more than six months. The arguments for the right to…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to this cross-party debate for their insightful and well-argued remarks. The comment of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, that…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank my noble friend for giving way. I think I heard that her concern is that saying that children with families would be exempted from being offshored could lead to a fuelling…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillCould my noble friend outline his thinking on, for instance, the proximity of Nauru to Australia and whether that is not more the equivalent of saying that France or another…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I too support Amendment 100, in the name of my noble friend Lord Kirkhope, to which I have been pleased to add my name. I refer to my entry in the register of Members’…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 116 in the name of my noble friend Lord Kirkhope, to which it was a pleasure to add my name. Listening to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, I…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I want to take the opportunity afforded by Amendments 46 and 54 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, to which I was pleased to add my name, to probe the…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank my noble friend for giving way. I would like to clarify one point. I think she is saying that the removal or application of, or access to, public funds is discretionary.…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI absolutely agree with my noble friend that the objective should be to encourage people to come by legal and safe routes. However, I think that what we have at the moment is a…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy noble friend said that it would be good to identify what some of these pull factors actually are. At Second Reading, I sought to try to outline what I believed the pull factors…01 Feb 2022