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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, many very cogent points have been made in this debate, and I will not repeat them, but I will mention one or two relating to the international dimension. I, too, believe…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the Minister has made reference to the reduction in the number of Albanians using the cross-channel route, which is the object of this Bill. I think many of us strongly…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group because they are at the heart of whether or not we are acting in conformity with our obligations under the UN Convention on the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the Minister has chosen not to reply to various points made by the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, and me about conformity with the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, first, I apologise for not having been able to participate in the Second Reading of the Bill. I support Amendment 4 very strongly because I believe it goes to the heart…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am most grateful to the noble Lord, because I was following with interest his argument, which seems to be that there are two sorts of obligation—those we incorporate in domestic…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank the Minister for giving way. I merely want to ask whether you are recommending that all of the 46,000 who arrived last year should be sent back to France. If so, has the…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Minister seems to be placing a great deal of weight on there being nothing in this Bill that requires the Government to take action contrary to our international obligations.…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAnd the second question, please?24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I wonder whether I could come back to some of the questions the noble Lord failed to answer after the first debate, perhaps understandably in the desire to have a dinner…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the Minister is a persistent non-answerer of questions; I am a persistent asker of questions. The two questions I asked—I will repeat them at dictation speed if he…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe second question was: could the Minister please tell us that the phrase that he used, which was that nothing in this Bill “requires” the Government to take action contrary to…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Minister has latched on to the wrong point—not the point that the UNHCR has made again and again that it is not compatible with the obligations of our membership to refuse to…24 May 2023HANSARDUK Undersea Infrastructure: Hostile ActivityMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that yesterday’s Ostend meeting showed how much overlap there is between EU and NATO responsibilities, particularly in the North Sea? Does…25 Apr 2023HANSARDCPTPP: Conclusion of NegotiationsMy Lords, the Minister asked for a bit more enthusiasm for the CPTPP. As one who has spoken in debates in this House and in Grand Committee in favour of the agreement that has now…19 Apr 2023HANSARDWest Papua: UN AccessMy Lords, could the Minister go a little further to explain why the UK does not seem to have been part of that group of eight countries that pressed for an early visit by the High…17 Apr 2023HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that, last week, a Minister in the Netanyahu Government opined that the Palestinians are neither a people nor a nation? Is that the view of…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeMy Lords, will the Minister give an absolute undertaking that the remedial action which he referred to in his reply to the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, will be completed and…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMy Lords, it would be quite wrong if this House simply overlooked the worsening security situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories, so my noble and right reverend friend…07 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAs the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, said, the Minister has turned down every single amendment in this group, whether it is for more consultation or for the Food Standards Agency…06 Mar 2023