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HANSARDImmigration Rules: Au PairsThe noble Lord knows very well that the problems with HGV drivers and poultry workers are to do with easing supply chain pressures and are nothing to do with Brexit.08 Nov 2021HANSARDImmigration Rules: Au PairsMy Lords, I have just explained this. The youth mobility scheme is open to the whole world and we are open to having arrangements with any country in the world. We already have…08 Nov 2021HANSARDImmigration Rules: Au PairsMy noble friend clearly gets it: since we left the EU, we are treating all countries the same.08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as noble Lords have explained, Amendments 161 and 166 relate to the offence of drivers failing to stop. We know that in a small number of cases, the failure to stop…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe noble Lord is correct, but the police would have to take into account the various factors that I set out. Obviously, each case is different.03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for once again sharing his experiences with the Committee in moving his amendment and the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for tabling…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI have not engaged with the committee. The committee could invite me, but I think it spoke to Home Secretary in the past few days. Live facial recognition is the comparison of…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and the noble Lord, Lord Hain, for setting out their case for this amendment. I can do no better than echo the comments of the noble…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIf the noble Baroness wants to elucidate further—perhaps not in the Committee—on those issues, I would be very happy to engage with her on them. The only point I was making is…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank the noble Baroness for that. The “gold-plate” quotation has been mentioned twice tonight, and I must confess that it was novel to me. I suspect that the answer is that,…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate on Clauses 62 and 64. I am grateful to have had discussions with the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, and am happy…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions and thank the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for explaining the amendments, which relate to stop and search powers. We can…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillOf course, Section 60 is based on local policing intelligence in specific local areas. The noble Baroness has already pointed that out. I have talked about the safeguards,…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is part of that operational independence of the police that they know what is best for their area; therefore, it might be relevant for police forces in a certain area not to…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI hope the noble Baroness does not mind me intervening, but I again refer her to the Science and Technology Committee, because the Policing Minister talked about gaps in the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am just looking for my wording now. I think that what I said to the noble Lord in reply is that the police should take into account welfare considerations where possible and…03 Nov 2021HANSARDRefugees: StatusI certainly concur with my noble friend that not only are migration patterns changing because of the nature of access to travel but that the figures all over the world are…02 Nov 2021