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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank all the noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I will clear up two things before we start. Noble Lords will recall that, yesterday, at Questions, I…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsMy Lords, that really is a stretch. We expect tourists who visit the UK from outside the EU to hold a passport and we now expect those from EU and EEA countries, and Switzerland,…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsMy Lords, it is quite early in the implementation to say just which way overall bookings are going but certainly Ireland is reporting positively on this. Of course, there are in…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsMy Lords, I think that the noble Lord wants to ask the Question. Before he does so, perhaps I may say to the House that yesterday I was quite insistent that not only had I sent…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSurveillance Camera Code of PracticeI referenced this without mentioning the company’s name. I recognise the seriousness of the issue and I will take the point back. I have had a note to say that it is at constable…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsMy Lords, this is not about bureaucracy. It is about the security of documents. It is quite early in the implementation process to say whether this has had a declining effect on…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsThe noble Earl will know that we continue to accept collective passports from countries that have ratified the relevant Council of Europe treaty. Nineteen countries have done so…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsI do not disagree with the noble Lord about the value of foreign travel for students at any age. It absolutely enriches their experience. However, we expect tourists who visit the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsSome ID cards are among the least secure documents seen at the border, as they were before we left the EU. As a rule, they are not as secure as corresponding national passports.02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsAs I explained to the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, I think that collective, group passports are still in existence, although we expect them to be phased out at some point. The EU is…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsMy Lords, I think it says a lot about the pandemic. Very few people have actually travelled.02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsMy Lords, we have found a way through. It is called a passport.02 Feb 2022HANSARDSurveillance Camera Code of PracticeIt would usually be a matter for local forces in the context in which they are deploying it. In terms of the seniority of the officer who can authorise it, I do not know,…02 Feb 2022HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductI note my noble friend’s comment. I do not know what his question was but I would say to noble Lords that it clearly is terrible when someone is investigated for something for…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSurveillance Camera Code of PracticeMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for securing this debate and all who spoke in it. Let me clarify that when I referred to those who are interested and…02 Feb 2022HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductI most certainly agree with my noble friend that trust in the police has never been more fragile than it is at the moment. Operation Conifer underwent several rounds of scrutiny,…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSurveillance Camera Code of PracticeThe PCCs clearly have oversight of what their police forces are doing, and I would be most surprised if the PCC was removed from that sort of operational context.02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsI certainly agree with the noble Lord about a deep web of relationships. In fact, my first school trip was to France; I recall that it took probably five days on a coach and we…02 Feb 2022HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductThe budget for 2021-22 is £69.6 million and will remain so for 2022-23. The IOPC employs about 1,000 staff, and nearly 30% of them have a police background—so I think it is pretty…02 Feb 2022HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductI think noble Lords would agree that we have seen good improvement in the IOPC’s performance in the last couple of years. We are still keen to see further improvements and greater…02 Feb 2022