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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 103, 104 and 111 in particular, but before I do so, I want to say that, having listened to the Minister in the previous debate, it seems that…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support all these amendments. I have signed three of them, and the only reason I did not sign the fourth was because my name did not get there in time; there were…08 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesMy Lords, is the Minister aware that, in the British Museum, there are more than 108,000 Greek artefacts, of which 6,500 are currently on display? More importantly, will he accept…08 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have had, if any, with the government of Greece about returning the Parthenon marbles to Athens.08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I just put this to him: if children are coming to join family members here, the norm would be that the family member has…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI had already begun saying my thanks and praising the Minister for her stamina. I will comment very briefly that something amazing has happened this evening. Amendment 116, in the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all Members who have contributed to the debate and to the Minister for her stamina in continuing and continuing. I am sure she will go on until the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, this amendment is also about children, but it is about children who are in Europe and do not have family anywhere. It is similar to an amendment that was passed by this…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I hate to go over the past, but the whole point of having the Dublin III treaty in the 2017 Act—which was taken out in the 2019 Act,…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI do not want to pursue the point, because it is diverting us from the particular amendments, which I support. I say at the outset that the Minister has the advantage that, having…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I would not want this whole debate to turn on the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Green. All I would say is that his suggestion that people should be kept in a form of…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, notwithstanding the fact that we have touched on some of these issues before, we have to face them head-on in this group of amendments. The issue is whether an asylum…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillWill the Minister confirm that to date we do not have an agreement with any country for the return of the people she is talking about?03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I shall comment briefly on the discussion we have been having. Why is it young men? I talked to some of the Afghans who got to Calais—this was before the Taliban took…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, as we have heard, the Joint Committee on Human Rights spent quite a lot of time considering this and related issues. I should perhaps say at the outset that when I was…27 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill27 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I have tried to follow the Minister’s reply, and I am bound to say that I too am a little confused about these figures. I think she has just not yet made her case.…27 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I again refer to my membership of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. We have produced detailed reports on many aspects of the Bill, including on this matter. It is…27 Jan 2022