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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean of Redditch, for tabling the amendments before us. They have certainly begun a short debate. I regret to inform her that I will…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for tabling these amendments. We have indeed been around the Houses, but in trying to reach some common ground, I agree with every noble Lord who…11 Nov 2025HANSARDOverseas Musicians Touring in the UKThe United Kingdom has a thriving creative industries sector that the Government are committed to supporting. The UK has one of the most generous offers in Europe for workers in…11 Nov 2025HANSARDOverseas Musicians Touring in the UKThe UK is looking very closely with our European partners at resetting the relationship, and that means looking to make sure that we reduce as much friction as possible. As my…11 Nov 2025HANSARDOverseas Musicians Touring in the UKThe Government are certainly looking at that as part of the reset, because it is very important that we have movement between countries that is as frictionless as possible,…11 Nov 2025HANSARDOverseas Musicians Touring in the UKThe UK Government are currently consulting on reforms to the UK’s convention on international trade, which includes musical instruments, certificates, goods and services. The…11 Nov 2025HANSARDOverseas Musicians Touring in the UKLet us let the UK negotiate with the European Union on these issues. The important thing is that we have as frictionless movement as possible for these sectors, both for UK…11 Nov 2025HANSARDOverseas Musicians Touring in the UKAs I said in answer to earlier questions, the Government are looking at making movement as efficient and effective as possible for all concerned. On the CITES reforms, the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice: RecordsIt is very important that the police properly retain records, balancing the public interest of archiving with keeping people’s data only for as long as necessary and…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice: RecordsFollowing the recommendations of Bishop James Jones that came out of the Hillsborough inquiry, there was a request for a code of practice on public sector record keeping to be…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice: RecordsAs I said to my noble friend, the Home Secretary is the accountable Minister with political oversight for the code of practice, although it is obviously in part an operational…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice: RecordsThere are 43 police forces; I bear the scars of being the Police and Counter- terrorism Minister in 2009-10 looking at potentially encouraging some forces to merge. I will not…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice: RecordsMy noble friend makes a very interesting point. I bear the scars of that one as well, in the sense that I answered for the Home Office in 2009 when the phone hacking scandal first…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice: RecordsIf the noble Lord will allow me, I will reflect on that rather than commit today. There are a number of important issues around data collection. My noble friend asked about the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice: RecordsI make a point in this House of never refusing a request from a Member to have a meeting, if at all possible, so I will look at how we can fit that meeting in in the near future.…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford for Amendment 60 and in particular for her courage in bringing her personal experience to the Chamber today. I…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThat is a valid question. I can say to the right reverend Prelate that it will normally—I say “normally”—be appropriate to disregard immigration breaches if it is accepted this…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI say to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, that it is in the interests of the Government to get technology in place that is less intrusive and more accurate and does not rely on…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, for her Amendment 75. As she outlined, it would impose a duty on the Secretary of State to have due regard to the unity of family…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill11 Nov 2025