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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to support these amendments in the names of my noble friends Lady Ludford and Lord Oates. We support Amendments 142 to 145, as they would safeguard the…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I was fascinated by what sounded to me like illogical statements. Can I be absolutely clear? My question was whether, under the UK resettlement scheme, the quota offered…08 Sept 2025HANSARDRefugee Accommodation: Move-on PeriodMy Lords, the arguments given last year for the 28-day/56-day pilot are the same as those given currently. In the Statements given to this House at the time, it was quite clear…04 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the Minister. As I said at the beginning, it would be very helpful to have it in writing so that, as he rightly says, we can reflect on it in the greater time we will have…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 131, I will also speak to Amendments 132 to 135 and Amendment 210 in my name. First, this amendment would provide a time limit of 28 days’ detention…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThey did not send it to the right people.03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am obviously disappointed that the evidence produced by the inspectorate and many other bodies, including the House of Commons Justice Committee and our own committee…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I think I heard the Minister say on the service standard that he would take that into consideration or look at the matter. I also heard him say that there is a standard…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI will be as brief as I possibly can, given the hour. What is important in this amendment is to try to return to having a service standard. The amendment proposes a three-month…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillGeorgia has been suspended for reasons we just talked about to do with the way it treats people.03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 116 and 118 in my name. This is a bit of a reversal, because it is looking not at what is happening but at what is left behind. I am asking…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the Minister for that. That is exactly what we were hoping for from this amendment: to understand the Government’s intention in these various areas. I am grateful for his…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, in sporting words, this has been a game of two halves. One half has very much struck at what I would call Second Reading speeches and issues, and the other has been very…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the Minister for taking the intervention. He has referred to derogation from the ECHR. I wonder what consideration the Government are now giving to Georgia, which is in…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumMy Lords, we on these Benches agree with the Government that the Conservatives “trashed” our asylum system, leaving the backlog spiralling out of control. We also agree that there…02 Sept 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityMy Lords, I draw attention to my interests as set out in the register; I am supported by RAMP. I also thank the police for their work in Epping in Essex. I listened to the chief…23 Jul 2025HANSARDIllegal Migration: Pull FactorsMy Lords, I draw attention to my interests and to the fact that I am supported by the RAMP organisation. We clearly need robust information and evidence about which factors are…22 Jul 2025