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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, I too strongly support Amendment 37 and will vote for it if the opinion of the House is tested. I would also like to support the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I have two amendments in this group, Amendments 113A and 168B. In speaking to them, I will add briefly to the comments already made, all of which I associate myself…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAfter today’s debate, before we reach group 17 and my Amendment 163, which is on safe routes but which also incorporates this idea of using protected characteristics as contained…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillProtected characteristics.28 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillAmendment 107 enjoys all-party support, and its purpose is to insert a new clause imposing a duty to disclose funds and economic resources. In a nutshell, the amendment would…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, for the manner in which he has addressed this issue and the House this evening. He was right to pay tribute to…27 Jun 2023HANSARDSudanMy Lords, I reinforce the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, about the position in Darfur. Twenty years ago this year, I visited Geneina in West Darfur; some 200,000…26 Jun 2023HANSARDChina: High-level TalksBut, my Lords, in the list that the Minister just gave the House, he did not refer to the meeting that took place on Tuesday of this week between the Minister of State in his own…22 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS Procurement: Palantir ContractMy Lords, one of the issues raised during the passage of the Procurement Bill and, certainly, in the context of transparency, efficiency and getting value for money, was the…22 Jun 2023HANSARDBusiness of the HouseDoes the noble Baroness not agree—I made this point to her at about 12.30 am—that important debates on the detention of women and pregnant mothers were questions that were not…08 Jun 2023HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryMy Lords, will the Minister assure the House that key documents will include information to the inquiry on the role of procurement, including concerns raised about transparency by…08 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker. I endorse everything that has been said in the debate so far, so ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I have only two questions to put to the Minister. I reinforce the remarks of the noble Lords, Lord Scriven and Lord German. First, I ask the Minister directly about the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful to the Minister. My question rather builds on what the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, has been asking. Earlier I specifically asked about the disapplication of the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, that was a powerful intervention by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Southwark, whom it is a privilege to follow. I pick up a point he made a few moments ago…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, in 1979, when I was a young Member of another place, the then Conservative Government regularly kept us there all night. When you are younger, you are quite happy to do…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, surely this is not just about statutory requirements. Will the noble Lord contrast this with the way in which the right honourable Theresa May presented to Parliament…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I support the amendments proposed by my noble friend Lady Meacher, my noble and learned friend Lady Butler-Sloss, the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the noble Lord,…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, that point was specifically about the alignment of the Children Act with this legislation. Clauses 17 and 20, which deal with standards of accommodation, were raised by…05 Jun 2023