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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Bach, referred to the effects on the modern slavery legislation. In a sense, just as the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, talked about this being an ouster…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, can the Minister answer the question that I put to him about the disapplication of a national referral mechanism in the case of children, a point which has been raised…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful to the Minister. The hour is late, and I promise not to intervene again on his remarks. Before we get to group 19, which is also linked to this amendment, or indeed…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I rise mainly to introduce Amendment 52F, in my name, but before doing that I would like to endorse everything that my noble friend Lord Carlile has just said. We should…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsMy Lords, nothing happens inside Iran without the active complicity and knowledge of the IRGC. Will the Minister take the opportunity to condemn the “horrific wave” of executions,…23 May 2023HANSARDSudan: Civilian PopulationTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effects of the conflict in Sudan on the civilian population and of the number and wellbeing of displaced…18 May 2023HANSARDSudan: Civilian PopulationMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply and concur with the figures he has just given the House—that nearly 800,000 people have joined the already 3.7 million people who are…18 May 2023HANSARDUkraine Recovery ConferenceMy Lords, has the Minister seen the estimate that as much as £1 trillion will be required for the reconstruction of Ukraine, on the scale and size of something like the Marshall…15 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the Joint Committee on Human Rights, on which I serve, is required and mandated by Parliament to scrutinise every government Bill for its compatibility with human…10 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillOh, is he not? I am sorry; I had better put my spectacles back on.09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, there has been a change of Minister since we discussed this matter last week when we had a curtain-raiser on Amendment 85, which I moved in Grand Committee. It is always…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am grateful to the Minister. Will he look again at a proposal that a number of us have put before the House at various times for some degree of parliamentary oversight of the…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I shall not intervene again on this, but I am extremely grateful to the Minister. To return to the point that the Minister’s noble friend Lady Altmann has just made, to…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Evans. It seems that the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, is still travelling back from Hong Kong, but I can see that the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of…09 May 2023HANSARDMigrants: HousingMy Lords, has the Minister had the chance to read the debate in another place and the amendments moved by his right honourable friends Theresa May MP and Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP,…03 May 2023HANSARDForeign PolicyMy Lords, I join the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, and others in thanking the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans for securing this important debate. This year is the…03 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyMy Lords, I think that the whole Committee would be interested to see the reply that the noble Lord receives from the Minister on that point. I thank all noble Lords who…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyMy Lords, I apologise for not being able to speak at Second Reading, but I was overseas—I had been invited to speak at the National Assembly in Seoul—and, relevant to this…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency27 Apr 2023HANSARDUK Undersea Infrastructure: Hostile ActivityMy Lords, in the absence of a full-scale parliamentary debate on the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Select Committee report on defence priorities and…25 Apr 2023