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HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationThe crimes which led to the imprisonment of the individual concerned were despicable and horrendous. I say again to the noble Lord that we are urgently looking at these matters…08 Jul 2026HANSARDSafe Refugee Routes for StudentsAs I have said, the Government have decided to put a brake on all applications from nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan. The brake is not intended to be…08 Jul 2026HANSARDSafe Refugee Routes for StudentsThat is really important. My noble friend will know that one of the great things the UK has is soft power through the university sector. People will go back to their countries…08 Jul 2026HANSARDSafe Refugee Routes for StudentsThe noble Lord makes an important point. He will know that I repeated a Statement from the Home Secretary last November on controlling the very issues he mentions. As announced in…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationI am grateful to the noble Baroness. Self-evidently, there are a number of lessons to be learned. That is why we have established the grooming gangs inquiry, currently operating…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationI told the noble Baroness yesterday, but will repeat it today, that those who are convicted of serious offences will not be considered under the early release scheme. I could not…08 Jul 2026HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportI place on record my thanks to my noble friend Lord Blunkett and the noble Lord, Lord Herbert of South Downs, for their work on this important report commissioned by the Home…08 Jul 2026HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportI am grateful to my noble friend for bringing his experience of policing at a leadership level to the debate and this discussion. He will know that leadership is critical in…08 Jul 2026HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportI am grateful to the noble and learned Lord. I will take that suggestion away and discuss with my right honourable friend the Home Secretary how and whether we can do that. We had…08 Jul 2026HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportI assure my noble friend that when we have agreed the recommendations, we will make sure that we include the very point he mentioned. If I sit down now, it gives one other Member…08 Jul 2026HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportAbsolutely—that is central to what the Government seek to achieve. I again pay tribute to both noble Lords, their staff, the commission members and the voluntary staff who…08 Jul 2026HANSARDSafe Refugee Routes for StudentsAs I as have said, the Government are examining safe and legal routes. However, at the moment, we have temporarily suspended the issuing of visas to those from Afghanistan,…08 Jul 2026HANSARDSafe Refugee Routes for StudentsIf the noble Lord does not want the Government to meet their obligations on asylum, he should say so. The Government are about trying to meet our international obligations, which…08 Jul 2026HANSARDSafe Refugee Routes for StudentsThe right reverend Prelate puts his finger on an important point. The scheme that I have outlined to the House is one that the Government are currently developing. We intend to…08 Jul 2026HANSARDSafe Refugee Routes for StudentsAgain, the Government will look at all cases on an individual basis. I am aware of the issue, but I am not aware in relation to where the Government currently examine that aspect…08 Jul 2026HANSARDSafe Refugee Routes for StudentsOn all those aspects, the intention is to allow individuals to benefit from the safe and legal route that gives them the opportunity to study, work or bring a required skill to…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationMy noble friend asks me about the individual’s management within the prison system, which is a Ministry of Justice responsibility. The individual is on the sex offenders register…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationWe are in discussion with the Pakistan Government at all times. I hope that the noble Lord and the House understand that we keep all options under review and will take whatever…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationI am going to sound like a broken record: we keep all options under review. If the noble Baroness will listen to what I have said, we keep all options under review and will take…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationIf it were straightforward, we would have, as the noble Lord will know, dealt with the matter in a way that met the objectives that the House is pressing me to meet. There are…08 Jul 2026