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HANSARDLaw Enforcement: Brexit ImpactsThe noble Lord is right that we have not retained everything. We have not got everything we wanted, which was always going to happen in a negotiation. But we believe that we have…06 Jan 2021HANSARDLaw Enforcement: Brexit ImpactsMy Lords, the safety and security of our citizens is the Government’s top priority. That is why we have secured an agreement delivering a comprehensive package of capabilities…06 Jan 2021HANSARDLaw Enforcement: Brexit ImpactsMy noble friend is absolutely right to point that out, and I think it will have been foremost in the minds of negotiators, both here and in Ireland. We do not want to go back to…06 Jan 2021HANSARDAntique Firearms Regulations 2020I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. Turning first to the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, he nobly assists me in so much these days. Yesterday, he and the noble…06 Jan 2021HANSARDLaw Enforcement: Brexit ImpactsMy right honourable friend Theresa May was probably right to give it qualified support. We have not seen how it will work yet. I am confident it will work well and I am sure that…06 Jan 2021HANSARDLaw Enforcement: Brexit ImpactsMy Lords, timely access and cross-border co-operation benefits not only the UK but the EU. The noble Lord talks about serious and organised crime, which knows no borders and is…06 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillRelevant documents: 21st and 28th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee05 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am pleased to be moving the Bill for two reasons: first, it is at last here in your Lordships’ House and, secondly, from my point of view it is not often that I bring…05 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for what I think has been one of the most thoughtful debates I have ever heard in your Lordships’ House. No age group has been left out of the…05 Jan 2021HANSARDImmigration Rules: Supported AccommodationMy Lords, any cases which are live—as we term them—before 31 December will be dealt with in the ensuing period. As I have said to the noble Lord before, there will be a statement…17 Dec 2020HANSARDImmigration Rules: Supported AccommodationMy Lords, I know that my right honourable friend the Home Secretary will take note of, and reflect on, the judgment before making a decision, and I am sure that I will update the…17 Dec 2020HANSARDImmigration Rules: Supported AccommodationThe noble Baroness described the changes as “major and fundamental”. They are neither major nor fundamental; they are technical changes. I made a commitment to the noble Lord,…17 Dec 2020HANSARDImmigration Rules: Supported AccommodationI cannot say that I agree with the noble Lord that we are acting so harshly. My right honourable friend the Home Secretary is trying to give refuge to those who genuinely need our…17 Dec 2020HANSARDImmigration Rules: Supported AccommodationMy noble friend’s question is a global one: why would people make these dangerous journeys, facilitated by criminals and risking their own lives, if they were not fleeing such…17 Dec 2020HANSARDImmigration Rules: Supported AccommodationI thank the noble Lord for his question, which pertinently asked what a firm but fair asylum system would look like. The whole premise of my right honourable friend the Home…17 Dec 2020HANSARDImmigration Rules: Supported AccommodationI am afraid that I cannot give my noble friend an answer to that at this point in time—I do not think there is an update on that, but I will go back and see if there is one, and,…17 Dec 2020HANSARDImmigration Rules: Supported AccommodationThe changes to the Immigration Rules are small and technical, and some of them are clearly almost an extension of Dublin in terms of the safe country rules. On asylum seekers…17 Dec 2020HANSARDImmigration Rules: Supported AccommodationI can categorically assure the noble Lord that no asylum seeker will be left to face destitution.17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for the points they have made. To take the penultimate point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, I hope that I can provide some of that…10 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. To echo the words of my noble friend Lord King, we live in a very dangerous world. I made the point last time that 27…10 Dec 2020