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HANSARDChild Poverty and Homelessness: Asylum and Settlement PoliciesNo, it is not. We have had a consultation and we have 200,000 responses. We can look at those: AI is much used in the Home Office now to analyse what is happening. The key point…14 Apr 2026HANSARDChild Poverty and Homelessness: Asylum and Settlement PoliciesI am grateful for the noble Lord’s contribution. I just say gently that, in the four years between 2021 and 2024, an additional 2.6 million people arrived and 101,000 claimed…14 Apr 2026HANSARDChild Poverty and Homelessness: Asylum and Settlement PoliciesThe Government will ensure that the needs of vulnerable people, including families with children, are fully considered as part of our asylum and settlement reforms. We remain…14 Apr 2026HANSARDStatement of Changes in Immigration RulesMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord German, and my noble friend Lord Dubs for tabling their regret Motions. It is always a pleasure to discuss matters in the House,…14 Apr 2026HANSARDChild Poverty and Homelessness: Asylum and Settlement PoliciesI am grateful to my noble friend. She has campaigned for many years with the Trades Union Congress for rights at work. I have campaigned for rights at work, a minimum wage and…14 Apr 2026HANSARDChild Poverty and Homelessness: Asylum and Settlement PoliciesAs my noble friend knows, the earned settlement consultation ran for 12 weeks. It began on 20 November 2025 and closed on 12 February 2026. We are now reviewing and analysing all…14 Apr 2026HANSARDChild Poverty and Homelessness: Asylum and Settlement PoliciesI think the noble Baroness will know and will want to be assured that the whole purpose of these changes is to make both asylum and refugee status quicker in dealing with those…14 Apr 2026HANSARDNitrous OxideThe noble Baroness strikes at the heart of this. The use of nitrous oxide is currently illegal under legislation passed by the previous Government. There have been convictions,…13 Apr 2026HANSARDNitrous OxideAs the noble Lord has mentioned, there are a number of legitimate uses for nitrous oxide: medical, dental and veterinary uses, food sector uses in cafés and for amateur bakers, as…13 Apr 2026HANSARDNitrous OxideIt is a very real problem. The noble Lord will know that the legislation to ensure that we put nitrous oxide on the controlled list, passed in 2023, has reduced the level of usage…13 Apr 2026HANSARDNitrous OxideThe use of nitrous oxide among those aged 16 to 24 in England and Wales decreased from an estimated 194,000 users in the year ending March 2024 to 80,000 users in the following…13 Apr 2026HANSARDNitrous OxideIt is a very real tension that my noble friend mentions. It is important, particularly in a school or youth club context, that young people who see the use of nitrous oxide have…13 Apr 2026HANSARDNitrous OxideThe noble Baroness mentions the forensic service. It is really important that we keep that up to date. As she mentioned, under the policing White Paper we are having a review of…13 Apr 2026HANSARDGolders Green Ambulance AttackMy noble friend is right to praise the emergency services that responded to the event, because they do not know what they are walking into at the time of an attack. The Government…26 Mar 2026HANSARDGolders Green Ambulance AttackFirst of all, I share the noble Lord’s concern about the attack and about the damage that was done. In response to that damage, the Government have replaced those four ambulances…26 Mar 2026HANSARDGolders Green Ambulance AttackThe Government have taken very strong action and recently published Protecting What Matters . That will include, for example, specialist disruption units to detect, expose and…26 Mar 2026HANSARDGolders Green Ambulance AttackWe should never glorify terrorism. I know that we have had debate on this in the Crime and Policing Bill, and we are still reflecting on points that the noble Baroness has…26 Mar 2026HANSARDGolders Green Ambulance AttackWe recognise that the Iranian state is a malign influence, and we have taken steps to sanction individuals and prevent them entering the United Kingdom, and, as I said to the…26 Mar 2026HANSARDGolders Green Ambulance AttackThe noble Lord will know that I think the attacks he has listed are vile crimes. Some are still under investigation, but they are vile crimes and there is absolutely no place in…26 Mar 2026HANSARDGolders Green Ambulance AttackMy Lords, the police are in the early stages of their investigation. They have arrested two British nationals, who are now on bail, and the police are looking at possible…26 Mar 2026