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HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillMy Lords, the heroes of this story are Alan Bates and the sub-postmasters. Having been wrongly convicted, and in order to establish their innocence, they brought a piece of…13 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI have been focusing on the recent trips to the Court of Appeal. I do not know whether there were trips to the Court of Appeal in the immediate aftermath of the convictions that…13 May 2024HANSARDEnd of Custody Supervised Licence Scheme: ExtensionAs somebody who has faced the dilemma that the current Lord Chancellor faces, I am not unsympathetic to the position of the Government. I understand they are doing it because the…13 May 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I apologise for interrupting. Can the Minister confirm that, before the Government are satisfied that Rwanda is a safe country, they will seek the views of the…16 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, in answer to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, the Minister said that the Bill will not be brought into force until the Government are satisfied…16 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI apologise for pressing this, but the Minister is saying that the Government are going to make a judgment. Can he tell us how they will make that judgment?16 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI apologise for intervening, but I have not heard, either, from the Lord Chancellor as to what the parliamentary occasion would be. Can the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, help us?…16 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will update the House on a further development in relation to the amendment in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope. We had the privilege in the…20 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Murray of Blidworth, for telling me that. Perhaps the Minister could give us details of when the Government of the United Kingdom expect…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am very interested in this amendment. It gets rid of the current commencement provision, Clause 9(1), that says: “This Act comes into force on the day on which the Rwanda Treaty…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillCan we then take it from what the Minister has said that, if the Government, after taking appropriate legal advice that they choose to take, take the view that not to comply with…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillCan the noble and learned Lord indicate what the Government’s position is if the judgment stands—that is, where the leave to appeal is not given or the appeal fails?06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the Minister identify what “internal procedures”—I am using the phrase from Article 24—are left for the UK to go through before the treaty is ratified?06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the Minister undertake to write to those of us in the House who are interested in this before Third Reading?06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I echo what my noble friend Lady Lister and the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, have said, in supporting the approach that the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, has taken on behalf of…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillBefore the noble and learned Lord replies, can he also respond in relation to the Constitution Committee’s report as well? Will we get the Government’s response before the end of…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillSorry for interrupting again, but that is not quite an answer to my question. Could the Minister give the House an assurance that the Home Secretary will bring the treaty into…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI apologise for interrupting the Minister. Could he confirm to the House that the Minister, which I assume means the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, will not seek to bring…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIs it that it has recruited a support team, or that it is up and running?19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I strongly support the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford in moving the amendment. We have gone through, in some detail, the question of when this Bill is…19 Feb 2024