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HANSARDBeyond Brexit: Policing, Law Enforcement and Security (EUC Report)My Lords, this country can be proud of its historic contribution to the EU’s joint effort on policing, law enforcement and security. We were not, of course, in at the start of…11 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who spoke in this debate on a subject that I suspect none of us found particularly easy. I do not want to pre-empt anything, but it is possible,…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the circumstances in which British citizenship may be removed were keenly debated in Committee. This group concerns a narrower issue: whether it should be possible to…28 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I am slightly more relaxed than my noble friend Lord Pannick about the prospective-only quashing power in the new Section 29A(1)(b)—it is, in its essentials, already…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy noble friend just said that no case has come close to applying a prospective-only quashing order since a unanimous House of Lords said in the Spectrum case that they could…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this notable debate—notable not just for its quality but for the rare and even forceful unanimity that it evoked among nearly all…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendment 13. Two of the greatest joys of practice at the Bar are finding oneself on the same side as the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and feeling…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill21 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I struggle with some of the dilemmas presented by Clauses 29 to 37, for very much the reasons given by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Clarke of Nottingham, in his…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI was going to wait until the Minister had finished his sentence but, before he sits down, I revert to the question of the Government’s legal case. The Minister is reticent to…08 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, there is quite a bit to welcome, and quite a bit to debate, in the Bill. I am going to speak at this stage only on Clause 1. A court in which I used to appear…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsAround 1 million European children, mostly from France and Germany, used to come to the UK each year on school trips. Now that people need passports and, in some cases, visas,…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsMy Lords, I beg leave to answer the Question in my name on the Order Paper.02 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the consequences of current passport and visa requirements on the number of school trips from continental Europe…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSurveillance Camera Code of PracticeMy Lords, as expectations of privacy are lower in public places than at home, overt surveillance, such as by street cameras, is generally seen as a lesser intrusion into our…02 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I shall speak to oppose the Question that Clause 9 stand part and to my Amendment 28, with my thanks to noble Lords from four different parties who have added their…27 Jan 2022HANSARDLegislation: Skeleton Bills and Delegated PowersMy Lords, one of the lesser highlights of my festive season, which I have to admit was almost as unexciting as the New Year’s Eve of the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, seems to have…06 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I shall concentrate on the subject that I know best because I reviewed it for the Home Office in 2016: the deprivation of citizenship, covered in that late addition to…05 Jan 2022