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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, it has been an interesting debate in which it appears there has been one speaker against and everybody else in favour of changing the Government’s proposal. To sum up…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting debate, not least because I have seen two lawyers agreeing with each other after having a debate of 10 or 15 minutes about a point of…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as Amendments 61, 62 and 66 are consequential to Amendment 58B, I will speak to all three at the same time as moving it; they all sit together. Currently, pursuant to…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI wonder if the noble and learned Lord could answer my question about the devolved Administrations and their licensing powers?07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, this amendment, at its heart, is about the Government’s proposal to exempt housing for asylum seekers from licensing conditions. My noble friend Lady Hamwee outlined the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI apologise to the Committee for speaking twice, but of course this is Committee so I can do it again. To reiterate some of the issues that the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak after the right reverend Prelate. I make no apologies for supporting this group of amendments and I signed the stand part proposition to probe…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWe are discussing the issues raised in the previous group and I accept that the Minister wants to talk about them now. I also accept that there are provisions in existing law.…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI also asked a question to which the Minister did not reply, about a person escaping from South Sudan via Kenya. Kenya would be treated as an unsafe country because it is in…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 57 in this group, and also the clause stand part debate. I will address my Amendment 57 first, but there are serious matters in the clause as a whole…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI think this will be a very short debate on how the Government intend to deal with the confiscation of mobile phones from those who are seeking support in entering this country.…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe one question that particularly interests me, which has not yet been answered, is what provision the Home Office has made to deal with the sort of advice that previously came…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I have the Clause 3 stand part amendment in my name. A lot of the words already spoken have covered some very important parts of this clause. At its heart, of course,…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I have given notice of my intention to oppose this clause standing part. I was also able to meet the Bar Council this morning, and it was very interesting to hear its…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, to help the Minister with the questions he has just been asked, can I add a quite straightforward and simple one? Is it the Government’s intention that return and…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillDoes the Minister therefore think that it is appropriate that the body which is deciding about this Bill—Parliament—should receive the impact assessment, and should that impact…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, there are two matters in this group that are in my name, but I shall address just one of them briefly—the other matters having been covered by earlier speakers—and that…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Paddick, who will respond later, I am pleased to suggest the deletion of Clause 1, largely because some parts of it have been…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWhat is the Minister’s definition of “soon”, which he said was when we would receive the impact assessment? Will it be before the end of Committee, before the start of Report or…24 May 2023