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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, before we move on, I will make some remarks about devolution and this Bill. I begin by placing on record my thanks to the devolved Administrations for their engagement…14 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, if I may, I will just detain the House a little longer to mark the end of this Bill’s passage through your Lordships’ House. It has been very wide-ranging. It has had…14 Mar 2022HANSARDBeyond Brexit: Policing, Law Enforcement and Security (EUC Report)I wondered if the noble Lord might intervene on that. Yes: it is Cyprus.11 Mar 2022HANSARDBeyond Brexit: Policing, Law Enforcement and Security (EUC Report)My Lords, I join noble Lords in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Ricketts, for securing this debate. I also thank those who contributed to the former European Union Committee’s…11 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansThe noble Baroness raises a crucial question because those who are not well informed at the border could potentially find themselves at the mercy of traffickers. There is a lot of…10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansThere will be a temporary facility at Lille, but I want to put in context for my noble friend and others in the House the number of people who went to Paris compared with those…10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansThe noble Lord might recall me talking this week about the humanitarian sponsorship pathway, which is for Ukrainians without family in the UK who want to come here. There is no…10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansI am assuming that the right reverend Prelate is not referring to people coming in under the family scheme, because clearly they would have recourse to public funds. I am assuming…10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansAs I said to the House yesterday, the humanitarian sponsorship pathway is going to be a DLUHC operation. Obviously, I will be working in close contact with DLUHC. In fact, I was…10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansMy Lords, as to why the changes will not come in until Tuesday, it will be necessary to get the IT systems up and running, and it will take until Tuesday to get that done. What…10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary to an Urgent Question in…10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansI do not know; I can find out for the noble Lord.10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansAs I said to the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, yesterday, one thing that we will not do is dispense with security checks. But there will be a lot more capacity at VACs for those…10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansI can certainly undertake to do that for my noble friend.10 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansI understand my noble friend’s points, but we will continue to carry out security checks on anyone who comes in. The point is that Ukrainians with passports will be able to come…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsI thank the noble Lord for his questions. As of 9.30 am this morning, 17,700 applications had been made, and there were 1,000 grants of visas. We are expecting a further 1,000…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy Lords, in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it is vital that we take new action to crack down on Russian dirty money and corrupt elites in the UK. The measures in the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsWell, I hope I can help the right reverend Prelate in saying that we are surging capacity and capability in the VACs. It is not acceptable if people are being told that they have…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsThere is one area where I will depart from the noble Lord, which is on the need to make sure that people are who they say they are. If someone says they are Ukrainian and in fact…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.09 Mar 2022