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HANSARDImmigration (Citizens’ Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I apologise. I meant that an administrative review may succeed when new information is provided. I understand that about 900 applications for the admin review have been received.…09 Mar 2020HANSARDImmigration (Citizens’ Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their points. I thought this would be the easy SI and that every noble Lord would be so happy with the appeal processes. The noble Baroness,…09 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition Act 2003 (Amendments to Designations) Order 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Extradition Act 2003 (Amendments to Designations) Order 2020.09 Mar 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, there are some complexities in this, but it is absolutely right that we reinforce current case law so that a person cannot consent to something that leads to serious…09 Mar 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillAll things being equal, it should be in force this time next year.09 Mar 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillI think the one way the new Bill differs from the original Bill is that it introduces a statutory duty on tier 1 local authorities in England to provide support for victims of…09 Mar 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I agree wholeheartedly with everything that my noble friend says. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall made the same point in her speech to the Women of the World…09 Mar 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, the Domestic Abuse Bill includes an all-purpose definition of domestic abuse to ensure that the nature of abuse is fully understood. It emphasises that it is not only…09 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]We will get on to my noble friend’s point, but we use Parliament to make law rather than to make points. I hope he will respect the point that I make. The noble Lord, Lord…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]I will try to do that. It is a technical point to which I do not know the answer.05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, the Government have laid Amendment 15 to reflect Section 2 of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020, which changes the name of the Welsh legislature to “Senedd Cymru…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]I am very happy to do that.05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for the points they have made and I hope to be able to allay any fears around what Amendments 12, 13 and 14 seek to address. As noble Lords have said,…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]On the point about taking the countries one by one, and the group that a country is in, as I said, in any secondary legislation that comes before your Lordships’ House there has…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for their points on these amendments. They have been grouped together as dealing with the functions of…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have made their points on these amendments and the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for moving Amendment 1. To recap, at Second Reading there was…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]I think my noble friend is referring to the Extradition Act itself, not the pre-extradition arrest process. I do not know whether he is questioning the Extradition Act’s efficacy,…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]A judge would take a view on whether something was politically motivated. Something blatantly politically motivated would be rejected.05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate. The amendments before us relate to the delegated power to specify any additional territories to which this new power may…05 Mar 2020