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HANSARDBritish Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order 2019I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate, which has lasted longer than it did in the other place. That does not surprise me, because your Lordships are so…23 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration: ChildrenI am not in a position to make the figures publicly available. However, where children are involved, families may qualify for support from local authorities under Section 17 of…23 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration: ChildrenMy Lords, the Government work with local authorities to support families with children who are subject to the no recourse to public funds condition. The condition applies to…23 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration: ChildrenThe noble Baroness will know that the no recourse to public funds condition has been set by successive Governments—it is not new. There are obviously exceptions for refugees…23 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration: ChildrenThe point I made did not uphold the noble Lord’s point that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity but that…23 Jul 2019HANSARDBritish Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order 2019The noble Baroness makes a very valid point. I suspect the answer is that engagement is not the same as formal consultation, and we do not tend to do things to the overseas…23 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Staff: RecruitmentMy Lords, recruitment processes within all Home Office business areas are kept under regular review to ensure effectiveness and compliance with Civil Service policy. The Home…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Staff: RecruitmentAn awful lot of people want to come to this country and our immigration teams are very stretched. This requires resourcing, as everything does. We have very high employment in…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Detention: Victims of Modern SlaveryMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given by my right honourable friend the Immigration Minister to an Urgent Question…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Staff: RecruitmentMy Lords, I reject my noble friend’s assertions that there is deep corruption within the Home Office. On releasing names, my noble friend will know that the Home Office is legally…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Staff: RecruitmentMy Lords, the noble Lord asked a number of questions, one of which was about border staff. He will know that we have recruited almost all the 900 staff that we undertook to…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Detention: Victims of Modern SlaveryMy noble friend asked whether it was mostly Chinese women who are detained. I do not think that we can give an answer to that—I do not have the statistics before me. However, we…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Detention: Victims of Modern SlaveryI say to the noble Lord, as I think I said the other day, that someone who is a victim of modern slavery, which may well include those who have been raped—these people are…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Detention: Victims of Modern SlaveryI thank the noble Lord for his questions. He asked why victims of modern slavery were not detected prior to detention. Quite often, Home Office staff pick up the fact that people…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Staff: RecruitmentAs I have said before, the hostile environment started under Alan Johnson and ended under my right honourable friend the Home Secretary. The noble Lord has made the point about…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Detention: Victims of Modern SlaveryThe noble Baroness will probably know that, first, we do not detain children —she is absolutely right that children are granted our protection—and all children, no matter what the…18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Detention: Victims of Modern SlaveryAs I said in my Statement, we have what we call the national referral mechanism, which is multiagency and which provides wrap-around support to victims of modern-day slavery.18 Jul 2019HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2019That the draft Order laid before the House on 4 June be approved. Relevant document: 53rd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand Committee…17 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseThe noble Lord makes a good point about having legislative alignment and making sure that legislation in one part of the UK does not contradict legislation in the devolved…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseI thank the right reverend Prelate for her question on behalf of the other right reverend Prelate. She talked about women on release. I fully concur with the points she makes,…16 Jul 2019