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HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39My Lords, if I may take the last question first, that issue will be explored in more detail in Committee when we get to Clause 53 of the Illegal Migration Bill. I remind the House…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39My Lords, I entirely agree with my noble friend Lord Wolfson, particularly where the interim measures order, in the circumstances that he relates, overrides three reasoned…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39My Lords, I have already agreed on Russia. I emphasise that the Government’s approach to this is to engage very closely, respectfully and constructively with the Strasbourg…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39On the latter point, I do not presume to cast any kind of judgment on or make any comparison between the United Kingdom and other contracting states. On the general point about…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39My Lords, on the first aspect, if I may speak on behalf of the United Kingdom and all Governments, the Government have a commendable record on interim measures. I fully agree that…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39My Lords, I respectfully agree with the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Faulks.06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39My Lords, if I may, I associate myself with the tribute to the late Lord Morris. The Government recognise that interim measures can be an important mechanism for securing…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39My Lords, I agree in principle with the comments made by my noble friend.06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39With respect to the noble Baroness, that question does not arise. The Government have no intention of going to Strasbourg on that issue. Article 8 is a very important part of the…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39My Lords, interim measures play a very important part in the international jurisdiction. I respectfully point out that as far as I know, the process by which the Strasbourg court…06 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the Government will of course consider that, as we try to consider everything that is said in this House, before Report. I simply reiterate that under Clause 5(3)(d), it…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I hope I can be relatively brief in introducing a small group of technical amendments to the Bill and perhaps, if I may say so, allow the House to take a short break…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the proposed amendments are to cover the technical situation where somebody who is not necessarily a citizen or a national happens to hold an identity document of that…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will, if I may, look into the questions posed by the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, and give a more precise answer. I think, just as an initial answer, we are essentially…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have put forward amendments in this group and contributed to this debate. The Government completely understand the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI suppose that the direct answer is that one would have to negotiate an appropriate agreement with the country concerned. I agree that that may not be enough, and the situation…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Government would have to monitor it as best one could, and, if it turns out that an arrangement is not satisfactory, it probably may not be a good idea to designate that part…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will finish my train of thought and then give way. The noble Lord, Lord Coaker, rightly asked about the route for the protection of the individual. If there is a removal notice…05 Jun 2023