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HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelMy Lords, give me one second. I shall now repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in another place. The Statement is as follows: “With permission,…25 Nov 2021HANSARDMigrantsMy Lords, I will first address the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Desai, which I thought were very positive. The basis of our skills-based immigration system is that, if…25 Nov 2021HANSARDWhite Ribbon CampaignWhen certain events happen, it is very clear that domestic abuse increases. I am thinking of big football matches and other such things that may lead to excessive drinking. There…25 Nov 2021HANSARDOperation Warm WelcomeI hope I can satisfy the noble Baroness in naming that Minister. It is my honourable friend Victoria Atkins, who is based in MoJ, DLUHC and the Home Office, and is responsible for…25 Nov 2021HANSARDOperation Warm WelcomeI am not willing to provide a list of local authorities because one thing we were clear about, right at the start, is that this is not a name-and-shame exercise. There is…25 Nov 2021HANSARDOperation Warm WelcomeWe brought 15,000 people here and 12,000 are in bridging hotels. There is slightly more complexity to it than there being no shortage of offers, because some of the families are…25 Nov 2021HANSARDWhite Ribbon CampaignThere is no doubt that what children see at home is quite often repeated throughout their life, so if their mother is a victim of domestic abuse quite often her children will grow…25 Nov 2021HANSARDWhite Ribbon CampaignGood morning, my Lords. Along with other Home Office colleagues, I welcome and support this year’s white ribbon campaign by wearing a white ribbon and making the white ribbon…25 Nov 2021HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI am very grateful for the noble Lord’s intervention because he is absolutely right. I cannot go into a lot of detail about extraterritoriality, but I praise the NCA for its work…25 Nov 2021HANSARDOperation Warm WelcomeYesterday’s tragedy brought into sharp focus the human cost of criminals, caring nothing for human life, recklessly bringing people across the channel—and in what did not even…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2021That the draft Order laid before the House on 19 November be approved. Relevant document: 21st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee25 Nov 2021HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelMy Lords, we do not want a child to get on a boat if they can find a trafficker. I assume that is why those children are there: someone, somewhere, hopes they will find a…25 Nov 2021HANSARDOperation Warm WelcomeI wholeheartedly share my noble friend’s concerns. The people who are still there must be terrified. We will of course prioritise them, along with other very vulnerable people who…25 Nov 2021HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelThe noble Lord makes a really good point because, since the truck route has been severely curtailed, the small boat route has been much more obvious. Short of literally having…25 Nov 2021HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelIndeed; I might be conflating the debates I have taken part in today, but I did earlier mention the G7, which is a really important forum to bring international partners together.…25 Nov 2021HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelSmugglers have a fairly international reach and are not necessarily based in the UK. Quite often, they are based in eastern Europe or the Balkans and they ply their trade across…25 Nov 2021HANSARDOperation Warm WelcomeMy Lords, I am afraid I cannot announce a target date as it is subject to the number of housing pledges, the “jobs first” approach and other options. However, we continue to work…25 Nov 2021HANSARDOperation Warm WelcomeI will give the short answer to the first question, which is yes. The challenge on that is getting people out, as the noble Baroness knows because we have talked about it. We are…25 Nov 2021HANSARDWhite Ribbon CampaignI am very grateful to answer that question. The Home Office has made a number of interventions. We have provided £300 million for victim and witness support services this year, an…25 Nov 2021HANSARDWhite Ribbon CampaignThe noble Baroness will know that it is purely a Home Secretary decision. I think the other thing she will acknowledge is that in Dame Elish we have a highly respected, highly…25 Nov 2021