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HANSARDElections BillA lot has changed in 14 years, but the thrust of what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, said is absolutely right. We now have a system that has developed somewhat in…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, it has been a very interesting debate. I welcome the response of the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, on behalf of the Liberal Democrats and note the careful response from the…28 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I have retabled my amendment in the light of the Minister’s reply in Committee. Judging by Hansard , there was a very good discussion, albeit at three in the morning. We…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, as a retired second lieutenant who served in Borneo alongside Gurkha regiments, I am very happy to support these proposals.08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillBefore the Minister sits down, is she confirming that any immigration negotiations with India will be confined to mode 4?08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 80, which I have co-sponsored. The problem is that Covid has sent immigration statistics into a tailspin, to which the Government’s response has made…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, we had a long debate and the House will be glad to know that I shall be extremely brief. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, for her very powerful…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will even more briefly strike a slightly different note. This proposal—I know it has virtually gone through—is very unwise. We have a scheme which already applies to…08 Mar 2022HANSARDOffice for Demographic Change Bill [HL]My Lords, I speak in support of this admirable initiative by the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, whose expertise in this area is matched only by his determination to get it attended to.…04 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIf I may—02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords—02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will not be quite as brief as that, but I will try to be brief. I rise to support Amendment 33 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, which I have…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, this is more important than it looks. Frankly, it is rather absurd that people can turn up in their tens of thousands on our beaches and there will have been no offence.…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I offer just a sentence on some of these amendments. On Amendment 48, we need to bear in mind the risk that if we set up what is now proposed, children who are not yet…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillBefore the noble Lord sits down—28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will just say a word in support of what the noble Lord, Lord Horam, said, about public opinion. We have to be careful here. A substantial slice of public opinion is…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will very briefly speak to Amendment 30 and say that I very strongly agree with the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, who I thought said some very valuable…28 Feb 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Moore of Etchingham on a remarkable, welcome and amusing speech. It is a very difficult one to follow. There are some very important…23 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 183 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, which I am cosponsoring along with the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and the noble Lord,…10 Feb 2022