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HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI am grateful to the noble Baroness for those comments. As I have mentioned in answer to earlier questions, the Department for Education has now issued curriculum reviews on the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI can. I think I have already said it to the House, but I will give the noble Lord the latest. On 17 November the Minister responsible for this in another place, Jess Phillips,…27 Nov 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI am grateful to the noble Baroness for both her commitment and her continued pressure on the Government on these issues. As she knows, in August this year the Home Office…27 Nov 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI am grateful to my noble friend. We have made progress on all three of those objectives. The Department for Education and my noble friend Lady Smith of Malvern have published an…27 Nov 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsThe work to halve violence against women and girls in a decade started the day the Government entered office, and I pay tribute to my colleague Jess Phillips for her work in this…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for moving the amendment on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, and to colleagues who have spoken this evening. This…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am very happy to arrange a meeting with an appropriate Minister. I would be very happy to sit in on it. Other Ministers may wish to take the lead on this, because there are…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the support from the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, and the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower. If the noble Lord will allow me, I will reflect on what he…27 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayI am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for giving me the opportunity to say to the House that there is a real difference between asylum, refugee status and immigration. This…25 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayLet me answer the first point. The announcements were made on 20 November. The consultation closes on 12 February, and the intention is to try to bring in proposals shortly after…25 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, for reminding me why I wrote down “transitional” in relation to the comments by the noble Lord, Lord German. I hope that,…25 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayI believe in an open, integrated, multicultural society where people are respected and valued for the work they do. That is nothing against the many thousands of people who, for…25 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayI am grateful to the noble Baroness. She knows that we have had a lot of discussion around EU settled status. I can confirm to her that the EU settlement scheme is out of scope,…25 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayI am grateful for the opportunity to answer questions in this House on the Statement made by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary. Let me start by saying to the noble…25 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayThe test is the B2 test, which is under the common European framework. We currently have a B1 test, which is slightly lower. The B2 test is a recognised under the common European…25 Nov 2025HANSARDNon-Crime Hate IncidentsThe noble Lord has a point. Guidance for these incidents was put in place by his Government in 2023, and it is that guidance that has proved ineffective and led to the review. We…24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillSo the noble Lord would rather have a Division than accept the publication of what he wants by April. I just want to be clear on what he is saying today. So that the House is…24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillOh, give over, please. The whole purpose of having this House and the other House discuss amendments and have ping-pong is to achieve a compromise between what this House wants to…24 Nov 2025HANSARDNon-Crime Hate IncidentsIt is an important use of non-crime hate incidents. As I said earlier, there have been 82,490 race hate crimes, 7,164 religious hate crimes and a range of other offences falling…24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 37, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 37A.24 Nov 2025