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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI rise to support the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, in every single word of her in introduction about the move-on period. It always struck me as very strange that you create pilot…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 42, I shall speak also to Amendments 43 and 44 in my name and those of my noble friends Lady Hamwee—who, unfortunately, is unwell—and Lady Brinton.…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, to add to what noble Lords expect I would say, this seemingly small amendment and its consequential amendments seek to remove the words “to be presumed to have been”…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, it will come as no surprise that we oppose Amendments 35A and 35B. While we are committed to strengthening border security and tackling criminal exploitation, these…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will draw us back to the amendments before us. Amendment 35 requires the Secretary of State to collate and publish detailed data on overseas students whose visas are…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful for that answer. There will be a gap between the end of December and whenever the pilot evaluation takes place. Is it therefore expected that when the pilot ends,…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillCan the Minister say when the pilot is due to end and when it will present its report?05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I think it will be no surprise to Members of the Conservative Party that we oppose Amendments 34 and 72. It is quite interesting that, once the rat had been let out of…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, at the beginning of his remarks, the noble Lord, Lord Bach, said that this was Pro Bono Week. I must say to the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, that he has fulfilled his job…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend and the three amendments that she has in her name, Amendments 29, 69 and 79B. Amendment 29 seeks to repeal Section 29 of Illegal Migration Act…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, the evidence coming out in our debate today is that there are a lot of examples where people are being wrongly assessed as adults. Last weekend, I met a group of local…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will make just a brief intervention from us on this matter, which was raised in Committee. I am grateful to the Minister for telling me what reasons he had for not…03 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: MoD HousingMy Lords, I rise simply to ask the Minister whether contracts will be issued for looking after these two sites, and whether the lessons learned from Napier and Wethersfield will…30 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will first address Amendment 26. In reply to the noble Lord, Lord Harper, I would say that the reason we have this particular amendment before us is because of the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI support my noble friend Lady Hamwee and will ask a couple of questions about the “concerned in” area. The Government’s Amendments 4 and 8 further expand the scope of offences in…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise to defend lawyers. I do not why I should be doing this, but it struck me to do so here, as it did on the previous set of amendments. In Committee, the Minister…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillBefore the Minister sits down, is it possible, whether by letter or verbally, to know whether this clause will affect the biggest online platform—the one which is doing all the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI shall add one more difficult question to the lump sum of woes that the Minister has just received, and that is in respect of the most used platform in this area, which is…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, this amendment would significantly alter Clause 18 and capture all people in these boats. Every one of them would come under the power of this clause. It treats the…28 Oct 2025