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HANSARDSchool 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 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 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 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 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 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for explaining their Amendments 46 and 54. As I have said elsewhere, I hope I can reassure the Committee that the powers under Clause 11 are both…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIt is not correct to say that family reunion rights will be restricted for group 2 refugees. They will be afforded the entitlements in a way that is compatible with the refugee…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillCan I just carry on? I will then of course allow an intervention from the noble Lord; he is always courteous to me. I want to further reassure the noble Baroness that, even where…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the noble Baroness, but I disagree. To answer my noble friend’s intervention about who decides, it is caseworkers.01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI do not have the exact detail on the date. I understand her point about 29 March being a significant date; noble Lords will all be informed in due course of when the changes will…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will of course do that.01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI hope that, through the course of my response here, I will lay out the rationale for why we are doing what we are doing. We disagree with the UNHCR and we feel that, as a…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI think the noble Baroness knows that we do not do that. I am not going to commit to publishing the legal advice. I am, however, going to come to her questions later if the…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillAs I have said, we disagree with the UNHCR on that point. If I can turn to pull factors—01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, noble Lords have repeatedly talked about undermining family reunion. I confirm to the noble Baroness, and for Hansard , so that noble Lords do not come back at me again…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI was not making that point, but I accept the noble Baroness’s point. The noble Lord, Lord Kerr, just said that the four Members did not argue that the clause is not a breach of…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillUnfortunately, I am not right honourable, although you never know. I hope to persuade my noble and learned friend, but no one piece of legislation will be the silver bullet to…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I was at pains to say that this is under national resettlement schemes. I have not tried to mask the figures. I have been very clear about how many people we have taken…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI think that is one of the only times I will get a “hear, hear” over the course of this Bill, so I will milk it for one small second. This will mean that such family members will…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank both noble Lords for their comments and, in particular, the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, for tabling this new clause about comprehensive sickness insurance, or CSI,…01 Feb 2022