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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Cameron and Lord Jackson of Peterborough, for tabling the amendments, because they have, self-evidently, generated a good discussion on some…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful for this series of amendments. Having served as the lead shadow spokesperson for the Labour Party in the other place on the Modern Slavery Bill in 2015, I can say…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThis Bill covers a whole range of manifesto commitments that the Government made in the general election, including the establishment of a Border Security Commander. Going back,…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to my noble friend Lady Lister for her Amendment 57, and to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for her Amendment 27, which has stimulated a discussion. I am grateful…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillLet me say it again and see whether I can help my noble friend: the Government have accepted all eight recommendations. That is clear. We have accepted all the recommendations…03 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: MoD HousingWe have had around 1,000 learning points from discussions with a range of agencies over the use of previous sites. I know the noble Lord has visited, and that has been very…30 Oct 2025HANSARDExtradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2025As I have said, we are regularising the situation with the legislation before the House today. The position is that there can be case-by-case basis issues, but I have been very…30 Oct 2025HANSARDExtradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2025My Lords, I am grateful for the very broad support that the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, has given for the order. Essentially, the speakers today have agreed that the…30 Oct 2025HANSARDExtradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2025My Lords, we live in an increasingly interconnected world, where crime knows no borders. International co-operation should be promoting justice and we should be helping to try to…30 Oct 2025HANSARDExtradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2025That the draft Order laid before the House on 17 July be approved. Relevant document: 34th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (special attention drawn to the…30 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: MoD HousingI am grateful to the noble Lord and hope he enjoyed his time at both barracks and found it convivial, as far as possible given the service it presumably had at that time. We are…30 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: MoD HousingI assure the noble Baroness that there will be no children in the two sites that are before the House in this Urgent Question today. She makes a valid point: a number of children…30 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: MoD HousingThe noble Lord makes a valid and important point, and certainly one to reflect on. It is extremely important that we encourage and continue that training and support, as the noble…30 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: MoD HousingI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, for his question. The local authorities in both areas were informed two weeks ago, and we are continuing to ensure that we discuss…30 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: MoD HousingWhen the noble Lord stood in my shoes there were 400 hotels being used, and there are now 200. There was also a higher backlog of asylum accommodation, as the noble Lord, Lord…30 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: MoD HousingI am grateful that the noble Lord has put his finger on a point that the Government have also put their finger on. The current initial claim for decision-making on outstanding…30 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWithout legislation, but the statutory footing is there to put that position on a statutory footing and to put in place the statutory requirements to produce an annual report, to…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillHe is acting under the authority of the Home Secretary. If the noble Lord looks at the Bill, he will see that the statutory functions that it provides set out the terms of…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillBy his own admission, the noble Lord did not attend Committee. It is the pity that he did not, because he could have raised some of these questions then. If he chooses to raise…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillAmendments 23, 24 and 25 in my name amend the text of Clause 32, which relates to general provision about disclosure with respect to Clauses 27 to 31, and the specific application…28 Oct 2025