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HANSARDPolice: Joe AndersonMy Lords, I remind the House of my business connections in Liverpool, but I must ask the Minister to come back to the general question of the longevity of this investigation. We…15 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I rise merely to ask my noble friend the Minister to be very careful about her responses to this. I have a huge problem in that I cannot think of a speech that I have…20 Mar 2024HANSARDCovid-19: Lockdown Costs and BenefitsIf the Government had not acted but had waited for Parliament to discuss the matter, they would have been in serious trouble. Is it not right that the Government acted immediately…13 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkWill my noble friend confirm that this will cover not only Defra’s subjects but the wider range of things to which the noble Baroness pointed? A land use strategy that does not…12 Mar 2024HANSARDDefence Acquisition ReformCould my noble friend go back to number two of his five principles? It seems to me that in the private sector, we have a very large number of these problems as far as procurement…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, in his comments. The issues we should be concerned about are the ones that we have just been talking about. They are the real…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, as the House will know, I tend not to want lawyers to have it all their own way when they are dealing with legal issues, but I rise because it seems to me that this is…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI point out that the noble Lord did not quote me correctly. I did not say that he should kill the Bill; I said that the Opposition were in a position to insist that the Government…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I rise because of the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson. He suggested that those of us who have worries about the Bill are in some way wanting to stop anything of…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI accept everything the Minister says, but it is all about what will happen in future. He is asking me to accept that what will happen in future has happened now. That is the only…04 Mar 2024HANSARDRight to RoamMy Lords, I am a small farmer, and just as the last ministerial Answer said that it was very difficult to make decisions about parking on pavements, this is also a very difficult…21 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I rise to support these amendments for a very fundamental reason. The separation of powers is crucial for the freedom of all our people and I find it very distressing…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIf Rwanda is not safe now, but it will be safe, then the period between now and the point at which it will be safe must be one in which somebody could argue that it is not safe,…19 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsDoes it not sound like Mrs Thatcher’s belief in the single market was a good idea? Should we not recognise that and stop this nonsense now?14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is extremely difficult to debate anything in the Bill if the only answer of those who are happy with it is, “It is all very difficult, and therefore we have just got…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillOn that point, those of us who raised the question about morality agree with all the Minister said about it but, at this moment, we are clearly uncertain about whether people who…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I hope the Committee accepts that I rarely intervene when the lawyers are at it, because I am not of great assistance, particularly to my noble friend of a great many…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThese were findings that related to a period of time. The Government are saying that that period of time has moved on and therefore they make other findings. But they are also…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I remember as a young boy walking with my father in a town. We passed a building which had “Constitutional Club” written on it. I said to him, “What does that mean?”,…14 Feb 2024HANSARDProtest MeasuresWill my noble friend the Minister congratulate my noble friend Lord Hailsham on his ability to climb one of those large animals in Trafalgar Square? At the same time, does he…13 Feb 2024