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HANSARDImmigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2023My Lords, as always, this SI is important. Many of the debates that led to the current system took place elsewhere. We need to seek to understand the instruments that are then put…12 Dec 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes A, B, C, D and H and New Code I) Order 2023Given that the Executive and the Assembly are not functioning, does he mean that officials are doing that?12 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, before I get to the specifics of my Amendment 1, I will make some general remarks. I thank the Minister and all his officials for their very helpful briefing and the…11 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, that was an extremely helpful response from the Minister and shows the importance of tabling probing amendment sometimes: to get things read into Hansard that can be…11 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]11 Dec 2023HANSARDMinistry of Defence: Equipment PlanMy Lords, the NAO report is deeply disturbing at a time when we have war in Europe, conflict in the Middle East and growing threats globally. As we have just heard from the…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipMy Lords, here we are—emergency legislation in three weeks, emergency press conferences and an emergency reshuffle. I ask the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, if he is happy to be taking…07 Dec 2023HANSARDMinistry of Defence: Equipment PlanTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the National Audit Office’s value for money analysis of the Ministry of Defence’s Equipment Plan 2023 to 2033,…07 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: Government ResponseMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Grantchester’s comments were memorable and moving. I associate myself with his tributes and praise to various elected representatives, the families…06 Dec 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction, although I disagree with much of it. We have heard in earlier debates from my noble friends Lady Merron and Lord Collins the…06 Dec 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023As an amendment to the motion in the name of Lord Sharpe of Epsom, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations contain policy detail that was not…06 Dec 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, says that it is not prohibitive to stop three-quarters of a workforce from taking strike action. I leave that on the table for others to…06 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsMy Lords, I start by wishing the noble Earl, Lord Minto, well in his important position; we all wish him well on that. We welcomed last week’s pause in fighting. Efforts continue…06 Dec 2023HANSARDImmigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Lister for her regret Motion, the moving and articulate way in which she put her case and the very serious questions that she raised and…04 Dec 2023HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (Port Examination Code of Practice) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for outlining the SIs and for the statement he made. As he said, we have three statutory instruments before us: two relate to the National Security…04 Dec 2023HANSARDIranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to proscribe the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.29 Nov 2023HANSARDIranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsMy Lords, there is a compelling case for proscribing the IRGC. Scotland Yard says that since the start of 2022, Iran has made 15 attempts to kidnap or even kill British and…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNet MigrationMy Lords, how has it come to the point at which net migration is three times the level of 2019, when the Government promised to reduce it? It has taken four years for the…29 Nov 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police ReformMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, made an important point about serious misconduct, as did the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss. The Minister said that he was…27 Nov 2023HANSARDVeterans Welfare ServicesJust to come back to the Minister on that, of course the really important point is that Johnny Mercer MP is the veterans champion—as indeed is the noble Baroness. So it is…22 Nov 2023