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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the noble Lord for that point. He interrupted me before I got to the answer to his question—but that is fine. I had been going to say that the doctrine, according to the…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI wonder whether I can encourage the Minister to try that out on some foreigner with whose country we are signing a binding agreement, by telling him, “We will shake hands on that…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I was living in hope that the Minister would respond to my comments. On an earlier group he declined to answer my questions about the compatibility of what is being…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I support the two amendments tabled by the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, which are entirely valid. It strikes me as a bit odd that the Government assure us, again and…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord has rather disappointed me, because he declined totally to address any of the points that your Lordships’ House voted for a few weeks ago—in particular,…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI give my support to the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the noble and learned…12 Feb 2024HANSARDAfghan Relocations: Special ForcesMy Lords, what the Minister has said today is very welcome, even if he is denying that it is a change of policy, which of course it is. It would have been quite shameful to have…05 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy Lords, does the Minister accept that there was a very warm reaction to the reports of what the Foreign Secretary said to the Conservative Middle East Council dinner? Does this…30 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon EuropeMy Lords, will the Minister accept welcome for the campaign launched by the Government today to catch up with what was lost? Does he recognise that many of these programmes are…30 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon EuropeMy Lords—30 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, when researchers and historians come to assess the work of the 2019-24 Parliament, I suspect they will be completely baffled by the reasoning that led three successive…29 Jan 2024HANSARDUkraine: ReconstructionMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that when the Foreign Secretary appeared before the European Affairs Committee before Christmas, he said he was convinced that there was a…25 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementMy Lords, the UK-Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership, which the House is debating today, will not, I suspect, rank high in the ratings of Britain’s diplomatic history. Why…22 Jan 2024HANSARDUN Sustainable Development GoalsMy Lords, will the Foreign Secretary not take another look at the issue of debt forgiveness that he spoke rather critically of just now? In previous iterations of this saga, we…16 Jan 2024HANSARDClimate Change: Impact on Developing NationsMy Lords, my contribution to this debate will start with tributes to three people. First, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, not just for securing a much-needed…11 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Deportation from FranceMy Lords, the Minister perhaps used the wrong word when he told the House that Monsieur Darmanin had made a decision. He expressed a view; there is in fact a Bill going through…04 Dec 2023HANSARDNet MigrationMy Lords, following that last question, does the Minister recognise that the higher education sector is one of the major invisible exports that we have in this country, one in…29 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperMy Lords, I hope the Minister will receive very warm commendation for Andrew Mitchell for his work in producing a much better focus, and a much better sense of overall…23 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformMy Lords, would the Minister accept thanks for having mentioned kinship care, which is a very important part of dealing with this problem? Could she also tell us when the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that his noble colleague told me several times—times beyond count, really—that I was totally wrong when I said that the Government’s attempts…20 Nov 2023