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HANSARDForced Marriages: Repatriation ChargesMy Lords, let us be clear: forced marriage is a crime. We need to ensure that we stand up for the rights of any individual—it is mainly girls, but young boys also have to endure…09 Jan 2019HANSARDForced Marriages: Repatriation ChargesMy Lords, the issue of data is an important one. As I said in an answer to an earlier question, the Foreign Office has been proactively reaching out to those for whom we do have a…09 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: UK NationalsFirst, as my noble friend Lord Callanan said in answer to a previous question, the important thing is for Parliament to agree the withdrawal agreement. The agreement ensures that…09 Jan 2019HANSARDForced Marriages: Repatriation ChargesMy Lords, today my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary has announced that victims of forced marriage who are helped to return to the United Kingdom by the Forced…09 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: UK NationalsI thank the noble Viscount for his remarks about Portugal and certainly I will relay them to the embassy and to the ambassador. But let me assure the noble Viscount and your…09 Jan 2019HANSARDForced Marriages: Repatriation ChargesMy Lords, I reassure the noble Baroness and your Lordships’ House that we are not just waiting in respect of those with outstanding loans but are proactively reaching out to…09 Jan 2019