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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIt is also about illegal migrants. Going back to international partners, we expect them to engage with us and we have tried to work with them to build on our good current…05 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the noble Baroness, and I know she would not have made that suggestion. We are talking today not about the lawful migration which has so enriched our country, but about…05 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, we will have hours of debate on this in Committee, but that is our premise. The first safe country principle is widely recognised internationally. It is indeed the…05 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken today in what has been quite a long debate. I know noble Lords will understand if I do not respond to every single point that has…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, in my time as a Minister I have had a to-do list in my mind, and included on it was tackling assaults on retail workers and the historic disregards. I am very pleased…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am more than happy to do that. In fact, I think it would be a very good idea to meet up, because the discussions have been positive and fruitful over the last period. So, yes, I…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI can agree, yes.15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIn moving the amendment in my name, I want also to address the related amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe. In truth, I do not…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe noble Lord is absolutely right. I think we will call it the “Kennedy approach”, but then we have had the “Cashman approach” as well—and they have both worked. We have the…15 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestThe noble Lord makes a very good point. We can pay lip service to inquiries and investigations or we can actually try to make sure that there is a shift in the way that we…14 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestI join the noble Lord in lamenting the deaths of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth, and Jack Taylor, three of whom might not have died. The inquest’s conclusions…14 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestIn response to the noble Lord’s question about why the Commissioner was not publicly fronting any statements or comments, one thing we can say is that attitudes in the police have…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for outlining this amendment with such clarity. Domestic homicide is a horrendous crime and I reassure the House that tackling…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I agree that this has been a very thoughtful debate. I hope that, at the end of this, the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, will not find me guilty of…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in what has been quite a wide-ranging debate on Part 4 of the Bill. Part 4 delivers on a clear manifesto commitment to tackle the…13 Dec 2021