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HANSARDSmall 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 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 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 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, perhaps I may begin by saying that I have great sympathy with the wish of the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, to firmly stamp out the illegal eviction of tenants. This…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI have listened to the noble Lord loud and clear. Governments are urged to respond to Select Committee reports within two months, and only last week the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner,…24 Nov 2021HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeWell, I think I associated myself with pretty much every point that the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, made. As my noble friend said, the Windrush scandal is an injustice, and for…24 Nov 2021HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy Lords, as I said, we have done extensive community outreach. Since 2018, we have held approximately 200 engagement and outreach events across the country, including…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken to these amendments. Amendment 319AA would limit the offence of locking on—on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWhat I was trying to say was that legislation is in place but, if it is not always followed in practice, it would be very helpful to know about it. However, I accept the final…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy intention was not to leave out that issue; we could have a whole debate on the effect of childhood abuse, trauma and witnessing violence on the future prospects of a person…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWe will finish Committee today—and, yes, a statement of hope is certainly what it is.24 Nov 2021HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI think that statement is incorrect. The Windrush generation and the Windrush scheme are a priority for the Home Office. I have been through some of the improvements that we have…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the amendments tabled in my name are in response to the significant and repeated disruption we have seen over the last months by a small number of protesters. Their…24 Nov 2021HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI thank my noble friend for that. That claim that only 5% of people, or one in 20, have received a payment is actually a bit misleading. When we first set up the scheme, we made…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it has been rather a lengthy debate, but rightly so. I accept that the provisions in Part 3 of the Bill raise important questions about the balance of rights in our…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am sure that, when my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord Best, meet Minister Hughes, they will cover some of the points made by the noble Baroness. I do not think that this…24 Nov 2021HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy Lords, it was possibly a year ago, even two years ago, that I stood up and acknowledged that the scheme was not running as swiftly as it could, that people were not getting the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillAs for what is wrong with Amendment 320, I explicitly said to the noble Lord, Lord Best, that the Government agree that the time has come to consider the Vagrancy Act. There is an…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt depends on whether they have been authorised directly by an Act of Parliament or by development consent orders under the Planning Act 2008. I will not pretend to know the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillYes—it is confined to works that are authorised directly by an Act of Parliament, so, if they have not been, they are not in scope. As I said, the amendment would capture…24 Nov 2021