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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThat it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House to which the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill has been committed that they consider the Bill in the…13 Oct 2021HANSARDRegulation of Investigatory Powers (Criminal Conduct Authorisations) (Amendment) Order 2021My Lords, the CHIS Act was the final Act on which my right honourable friend James Brokenshire and I worked. I know noble Lords will agree on several aspects of how we worked; we…12 Oct 2021HANSARDRegulation of Investigatory Powers (Criminal Conduct Authorisations) (Amendment) Order 2021As I said during my response to the debate, the officers who authorise are trained but the noble Lord is now getting into the area of rank and asking whether the authorising…12 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack Dog Crisis Management CompanyMy Lords, I understand that all direct awards are listed in the contracts finder area of GOV.UK. On skills, as I said, this was a particularly novel incident and that is why the…11 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack Dog Crisis Management CompanyIt is my understanding that this company has been engaged previously by the Home Office. I can get the noble Lord some stats on other government departments if he wishes.11 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack Dog Crisis Management CompanyI fully support my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in announcing that the inquiry would take place. The details of that will be announced in due course. Among the…11 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack Dog Crisis Management CompanyI thank the noble Lord for his point. The skills of the company were particularly useful in the context of the issue of the migrant crossings.11 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack Dog Crisis Management CompanyMy Lords, these issues are often dealt with internally. This incident was one of some complexity and was quite novel in its aspect. That was why the STA was sought.11 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack Dog Crisis Management CompanyIf the noble Baroness wants to give a donation to the Conservative Party, I am sure that it would be welcome. Government procurement is open and transparent and there are very…11 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack Dog Crisis Management CompanyOther than thank the noble Lord for those points, I do not think that I have anything to add.11 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack Dog Crisis Management CompanyMy Lords, I am sure that the terms of reference and the details of that inquiry will be laid out in due course, but I will certainly take the noble Baroness’s points back.11 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack Dog Crisis Management CompanyMy Lords, I know that the House and the noble Baroness will not mind if I spend a few seconds in paying tribute to my colleague, friend and all-round wonderful man, the right…11 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyAs the noble Baroness will know, safe evacuation within the next few days is incredibly challenging, first, because of the lack of consular assistance and, secondly, because of…15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyMy Lords, the Afghan relocations and assistance policy was set up to facilitate the resettlement of Afghan nationals who worked with the UK Government in Afghanistan. A number of…15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyI recognise all that the noble Lord has said. Of course we work with things like the UNHCR. If I may go back to the policy statement, the point that comes after the first one that…15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyThe noble Baroness mentions a very sensible point: this is a global crisis, in many ways, because helping these people requires a global response, and co-ordinating effort is…15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyAs I said to other noble Lords, the ACRS will prioritise those people who have assisted UK efforts in Afghanistan and who face particular risk from the Taliban because of their…15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyThat is a very good point, and I will certainly take that back.15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyIf the noble Lord is amenable, I will ask the FCDO to outline precisely the details of that because it is slightly beyond my purview today.15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyMy honourable friend Victoria Atkins has started to outline some of the detail of what we are doing so far, and I think more will come. The policy statement makes very clear the…15 Sept 2021