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HANSARDMigrant CrossingsMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary. The Statement is as follows: “With…07 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat is probably beyond my purview, but I will certainly refer it to either DCMS or MHCLG, as it is now called. On that note, I commend the Bill to the House.07 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, in the last few years we have seen a very concerning rise in the number of serious violent crimes in the UK. This includes an ongoing rise in knife crime, as well as the…07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigration: International StudentsMy Lords, the fact that there is no cap on student numbers is all to the good. People want to come to this country to study, they are doing so in increasing numbers and, as I…07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigration: International StudentsI have just explained that in my reply to my noble friend Lord Holmes: we whip this question up although the facts before us belie it. I simply do not believe that a 26% increase…07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigration: International StudentsI made the point that our vital statistics have improved massively in the past eight to nine years. There is no cap on the number of students who can come to study here and, as…07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigration: International StudentsTo answer that question, look at the number of Indian students who are not just applying for but succeeding in getting student visas. How others see us, in terms of how Indian…07 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigration: International StudentsMy Lords, we are following the advice of the independent Migration Advisory Committee. Similarly, the ONS takes that view of migration statistics. Indeed, we are in line with many…07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigrant CrossingsPerhaps I will just bat that to the Foreign Office.07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigrant CrossingsThe answer is that I do not know but I know that we are working very closely with our French partners.07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigrant CrossingsI am sure that I cannot point to where the truth lies at this point at the Dispatch Box. First, do not believe everything that you read in the papers. The truth is that the UK is…07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigrant CrossingsThe Government are totally aware of the consequences of a small number of migrants coming across the channel in dinghies suddenly escalating into something much bigger, hence the…07 Jan 2019HANSARDMigrant CrossingsI want to assure my noble friend that this measure is not permanent. It is to deal with a sudden upsurge in the influx of people crossing the channel to come to this country. It…07 Jan 2019