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HANSARDRefugees and Asylum Seekers: Safe RoutesMy Lords, I am grateful for the Answer, but is it not the truth that virtually every safe and legal route to child refugees has been closed by the Government? Perhaps the Minister…22 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy Lords, the Minister more or less said that the Government had no intention of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights—he is shaking his head. In which case, are the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, on her reappointment as Victims’ Commissioner. I am sure there will be enormous support for that reappointment and we…08 Nov 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human RightsMy Lords, when I visited the Strasbourg court some while ago, it was full of enthusiasm about the good co-operation between our courts and the European Court of Human Rights. I…25 Oct 2023HANSARDOrganization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Smith, and welcome the fact he initiated this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Bowness, was a member of the OSCE parliamentary…17 Oct 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care (Adult Social Care Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Andrews and her committee on producing such an excellent and thought-provoking report. I will add a bit of my own experience; in my…16 Oct 2023HANSARDMigrants: BargesMy Lords, if, as the Minister says, there are robust measures to ensure the health and well-being of people put on barges, why were a number of refugees and asylum seekers put on…20 Sept 2023HANSARDIran: Prisoner SwapMy Lords, the Minister talked about the exemplary approach by the Foreign Office to these people who were tragically held in Iran. How does that stack up against the way in which…20 Sept 2023HANSARDFamily Migration (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I appreciate the opportunity to make a small contribution to the debate. I start by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, both on initiating it and on the…20 Sept 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Channel CrossingsTo ask His Majesty’s Government how many people arrived as asylum seekers in the United Kingdom after crossing the channel by small boat during the year to date and what was the…07 Sept 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Channel CrossingsI think the Minister would concede that the weather has played a large part in the movement of numbers, and in most recent days the numbers have been pretty high. Is it not the…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHome Office: ODA-funded SupportMy Lords, the Minister has twice cited the Illegal Migration Act in defence of government policy. Can she say which part of that Act is working?05 Sept 2023HANSARDFood: Two-For-One OffersMy Lords, some years ago, the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly looked at obesity in children, during the course of which we went to Amsterdam to look at what was going on…19 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAt end insert, “and do propose Amendment 8B in lieu—12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, this amendment to the Motion is about the rights of children, giving them their entitlement to claim asylum, which would be declared inadmissible under the provisions of…12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and all noble Lords who have contributed. They have covered a number of aspects, all under the heading of this debate. I am not persuaded…12 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenThe Minister has just said that the Government take the welfare of unaccompanied children seriously. How does that relate to the arrivals centre in Dover, which had cartoons and…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Doctors’ StrikesMy Lords, I join in wishing the National Health Service a happy 75th birthday—especially as, 75 years ago today, I was a teenager in Stockport Infirmary. Despite my efforts at…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham for supporting this…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, obviously I find the Minister’s reply disappointing. He dangled an incentive that there might be some regulations in the future that might do something to ameliorate the…28 Jun 2023