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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I shall begin by speaking to my Amendment 188. I appreciate the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, and my noble friend Lord Harper. This amendment…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am afraid that I will again speak against the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee. I recognise that both these amendments are probing amendments,…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillOnce again, I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions to this group of amendments around the safeguards to the offences. As I have already said on previous groups, it…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their speeches in this group. Again, I listened very carefully to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and the rationale behind these…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed. Just, I hope, to bring a little clarity to the latter discussion between my noble friend Lord Harper and the noble…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 15 I will speak also to Amendment 17; both are in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Davies of Gower. I will also reflect briefly on Amendment…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and all noble Lords who have contributed on this group. Some of the contributions were outside the subject matter of my amendments but made…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and to my noble friend Lord Goschen. This short debate has brought to light a number of what we say are shortcomings in how the Government…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI will reflect very carefully on that. The amendments in this group, like the amendments in the previous group, are not about undermining the Government’s intentions; they are…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the Minister, and I hope he recognises the constructive spirit in which these amendments have been brought. What we are seeking is legal certainty and legal…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Davies of Gower refer to the annual reports clause in the Bill. We are told time and time again…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank all noble Lords who contributed to this debate. I particularly thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, for her contribution. She said that she was not able to speak at Second…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the Minister for that. I do not want to repeat myself, but if the Government are confident in this policy, and if they believe that their approach is producing results,…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, the Opposition Front Bench’s view on this is that we side with my noble friend Lord Jackson on the group of amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee. At…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, the two amendments in this group are to do with expanding two of the offences in the Bill as drafted. The Bill criminalises only the supply or offer to supply articles…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Katz, for his speech. It has been a long afternoon and I feel that, at the very end of it, I have made a tiny step of progress. I think…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, Amendment 9, alongside the other amendments in this group, seeks to amend the strategic priority document issued by the commander. The Government envisage that this…26 Jun 2025