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HANSARDPassportsMy noble friend makes a very practical point. In fact, one can purchase passport covers in any colour and saying anything that anybody wants; the noble Baroness is quite at…10 Apr 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 62A.10 Apr 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 63A.10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Citizenship: ChildrenThe noble and learned Baroness is right to point out the issue of the needs of children. If a child finds itself in, say, al-Hawl refugee camp, that is a difficult situation to be…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPassportsWith respect to the noble Baroness, this has absolutely nothing to do with the will, or otherwise, of the British people, but everything to do with them voting to leave the…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPassportsI thank my noble friend for his persistence. It is perfectly legal to hold a passport from more than one country and the Government do not have any plans to change that.10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Citizenship: ChildrenOf course, when people travel to countries like Syria, when, as I have said, the FCO advice is that under no circumstances should people travel there, and they do so knowing that…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Citizenship: ChildrenI share my noble friend’s concerns about children who find themselves, in many cases through no fault of their own, in Syria. She is absolutely right to point out that there is no…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Citizenship: ChildrenMy Lords, if a parent is deprived of British citizenship, this does not affect the citizenship status of their child nor a British child’s ability to access legal support or…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPassportsI thank the noble Baroness for returning the debate to some common sense. She is absolutely right and of course our standards are set in consultation with the International Civil…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPassportsWould it not be a wonderful day if the Europeans followed our lead and changed EU passports to blue? I look forward to that. I think that the noble Lord is just having a bit of…10 Apr 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendments 27 and 28, to which the Commons have disagreed, and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 27A to 27K in lieu.10 Apr 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, the Commons amendments we are considering today follow on from debate on the Bill in this House at Third Reading in respect of the amendments proposed by the noble Lord,…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPassportsMy Lords, as part of the long-term operational arrangements to prepare for the UK leaving the EU, burgundy British passports that do not include “European Union” on the front…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPassportsMy noble friend makes a good point. Countries such as the US offer travellers leave to go for a fixed period of time so they can use their passport right up to the 10-year limit.…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPassportsThe noble Lord makes a funny point. I do not think that we should deface our passports, just to put that out there, but we can buy covers and put pretty much what we want on them.10 Apr 2019HANSARDPassportsI give the British public more credit for their intelligence than does the noble Lord. Of course, the Croatian passport is not burgundy, it is blue, and there is a reason for…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Citizenship: ChildrenI agree with the noble Lord and thank him for all he does in this area. The sooner that appointment is made, the better.10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Citizenship: ChildrenThe noble Lord raises two very vital points about the whole crisis in Syria, both the humanitarian issue and the security issue of anyone who might come back to this country after…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPassportsI totally agree with the noble Lord.10 Apr 2019