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HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy Lords, we are very near to the prospect of aid being delivered by sea once the Americans have finished the construction of the quay that they are undertaking. Have the…07 May 2024HANSARDCouncil of Europe: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, I think I am right in saying that the only country on the entire continent that has always rejected membership of the Council of Europe and refused to accept the…16 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy recollection is that there is a section in the original 2012 legislation that would shift the burden of proof in the way that he describes. I remember the difficulty I had in…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy noble friend is of course talking to an audience in this Chamber which agrees with every word he is most eloquently saying, and it is obvious that the Government should press…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThe problem is that the Parole Board is made up of real-life men and women with a very heavy responsibility. There is an underlying fear about the consequences of ever releasing…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI pay tribute to my noble and learned friend and his colleagues in the department, including the present Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, who I suspect would privately agree…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBrexit: Benefits to Economy and SocietyMy Lords, has my noble friend seen the estimate by Goldman Sachs that British GDP is 5% smaller than it would have been had we not left the single market? The OBR’s figure is 4%.…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe noble Lord is of course quite right that if there is a conflict between the two Houses of Parliament, the elected House must prevail. But there is a power, rarely invoked, for…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI cannot claim to remember this clearly, but did anybody challenge with evidence the earlier cases that my noble friend tries to cite as a precedent? If anybody had had evidence…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I begin by paying tribute to my old friend Lord Cormack, whom I knew for 60 years. I first met him when I was fighting the then ultrasafe Labour seat of Mansfield and he…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe more detail the Minister gives about the virtues of the monitoring committee, the stronger his argument is in favour of the amendment proposed to this House by the noble and…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy noble friend says that it will confuse it; it is actually perfectly straightforward. If everything happens as smoothly as he says it will happen—and I hope it does, because I…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, my noble friend asserts that the Government are complying with the rule of law and respect the position of the courts and so on. Why does the Bill expressly rule out any…04 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy Lords, practically every Government from outside that is taking an interest could quite easily agree on the path that my noble friend has been describing, leading to a…27 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I support these amendments, which seem to me to go to the heart of the most extraordinary feature of this Bill. It is essentially intended to reverse a legal defeat the…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, last year I listened to quite a lot of the debate during the passage of the Illegal Migration Act and contributed to it once or twice. I had difficulty making up my mind…29 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Industrial ActionMy Lords, the plight of the public sector workers in Northern Ireland is one of the worst consequences of the dreadful deadlock that has gripped that part of the United Kingdom…17 Jan 2024HANSARDImprisonment for Public ProtectionMy Lords, this is not just a major problem in the system; it is a major disgrace to the British justice system that these thousands of people are being kept in this way. When I…16 Jan 2024HANSARDRwanda: Asylum Arrangements TreatyMy Lords, did not the Supreme Court make a finding of fact that Rwanda had broken similar agreements in the past with the Government of Israel and that the state of the Government…21 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will be brief because my timetable has not allowed me to take a significant part in the Bill hitherto. However, I have attended quite a lot of the debate, which I…28 Jun 2023