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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the Minister for all of that, and the commitment to 45 days. Why does it say 30 days in the Bill? Have I got that wrong?10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, before I start my remarks on this group of amendments, I want to say in answer to the question asked earlier by the noble Lord, Lord Deben, that the problem the Minister…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, in the interests of time, let me just say respectfully to the noble Lord, Lord McColl, whose amendments I have signed, that I very much support him and the arguments and…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will add my voice of support to my noble friend Lady Ritchie. It is good to have the perspective that she brings to this Committee. Our institutional memory in Parliament, in…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to this incredibly important debate. It lasted just over an hour, so I will be brief to allow us to move on; otherwise, we could…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the Minister for his response to a very moving debate. I particularly welcome the contribution from the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig, with his background in the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am sorry, but it is me again. I am the second signatory to this amendment. I spoke to the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, earlier, and he sends his apologies to the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register as a research fellow at University of Nottingham, in the Rights Lab, and as a trustee of the Human Trafficking…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, for her reply. There is no doubt that the Government have made some progress in bringing out of Afghanistan people who supported us and…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, in this group I have the lead Amendment 177, which puts the Afghanistan citizens resettlement scheme—ACRS—on a statutory footing and includes provisions for family…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI say gently to the Minister that he has to be really careful with language on things such as conforming to immigration policy and the UK border. The historic context of some of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the Minister for his answer. It was a short debate but an important one. There are couple of things that the noble Lord said in his answer about the EU directive that I…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI beg to move Amendment 125 on behalf of m noble friend Lord Rosser. Again, it is unfortunate that we debate this incredibly important group of amendments and incredibly…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is late, but we need to spend a little time on this whole part of the Bill. Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour and the few Peers who are here, we should not…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, we have little to add. This seems to be a common-sense change that embeds an existing waiver, so that it applies in all cases where it is in a person’s best interests.…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillWhy is it happening? So far as transparency and trust in the Government’s figures on migration and what is clearly a difficult problem are concerned, why do they believe that the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI just want to be clear: the Government are moving from daily statistics on the number of migrants crossing the channel to publishing those quarterly. When is that going to…08 Feb 2022