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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, has picked up a number of important points with these amendments. I think the crucial one is Amendment 141, which is for an independent…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, on Clause 45 there are concerns about priority removal notices, but I am aware that at least part of the clause, to standardise the five days’ notice before removal, was…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the Minister for her response, but I must say to her that a letter will not do on the question of people at sea. Her Majesty’s Coastguard is exempted; others are not. It…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will not say much about this amendment, but the title of Clause 69 is astonishing: “Removals from the UK: visa penalties for uncooperative countries”. Although we are…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and for the care he took to try to answer the various questions. Of course, I will withdraw the amendment at this stage, but I have to…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is late but this is an incredibly important clause and set of amendments, so we need to spend some time discussing them—the same goes for some of the amendments that…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillOf course that is right. That is why there was such a row about the cut in the aid programme. It is why we all believe that of course we have to try to prevent war, famine and all…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to contribute again to the deliberations in Committee on this important Bill. We agree with all the amendments in this particular group, but I shall…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI say to the noble Lord, Lord Green, that, at the end of the day, of course you want to speed the system up. No one does not want to speed up the asylum application process—to say…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillComing from where I have, it seems incredibly courteous to me. We have Ministers who try to answer questions, which is refreshing. However, I take the point—the noble Baroness is…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI absolutely understand why the Minister has said what she has with respect to the Home Secretary. Nobody, including me, expects the Minister to get up and say that she disagrees…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Rosser tabled Amendments 77 and 89. In this group we also very much support the important amendments in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this very important debate. I also thank the Minister. Yes, it was a long reply, but it was an important one and it did not take up too…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I have a couple of questions for the Minister on Amendment 67. I will be interested to hear the debate on this amendment because the change in Clause 13(7) appears to be…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 64 and 65. Before I specifically speak to them, I say to the noble Lord, Lord Green, that at some point in this Bill we are going to have to…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsMy Lords, it is not too early to tell what the results of the Government’s changes have been. Eurovoyages, a French school trip company, reported that, in 2019, 11,000 students…02 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, we support Amendment 34, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford. We raised this issue in the Commons and pushed it to a Division in Committee. I will not repeat all…01 Feb 2022