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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to noble Lords for tabling Amendments 105 and 109. I apologise to the House: in the confusion over the vote we had on Clause 38 stand part, I inadvertently started…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI have given the House accurate figures which show the removals. I cannot give the noble Viscount the figure he asked for immediately in this discussion, but I will reflect upon…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillRight. I think we will just settle at that: that it is 24% higher than in the previous year because of the actions this Government have taken. That is the context in which…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIf the 9,115 were low-hanging fruit, why was this figure 24% higher than the previous year, when—let me just remind myself —who was the Minister in charge of this system? Would it…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThere were a number. I have not got the figure to hand.03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIn a moment. I will always give way, if the noble Lord will let me finish the sentence. Of the total returns, 5,179 were of foreign national offenders, an increase of 14% over the…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful—again—for the amendments which have elicited this discussion. I want to put a central premise before the Committee: that age assessments, as has been proved by the…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful again, as ever, to His Majesty’s loyal Opposition and to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for their amendments. I give them the general assurance that we are…03 Sept 2025HANSARDNitrous Oxide Misuse: DriversUnder the Road Traffic Act 1988, an individual is guilty of an offence if their ability to drive is being impaired by drink or drugs. The Government take road safety extremely…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI have before me in my notes a full encyclopaedia of responses to the many points the noble Lord made, and I am very happy to go through them. However, it may be more…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thought that was what I said. I hope we can agree, at the end of this group of amendments that was livelier than I initially anticipated, that the Committee can support the…03 Sept 2025HANSARDNitrous Oxide Misuse: DriversI am grateful for the noble Lord’s question. The figures for the last 12 months, which may help, show that 0.9% of adults aged 16 to 59 years old have been reported as using…03 Sept 2025HANSARDNitrous Oxide Misuse: DriversI am grateful to the noble Lord. It is not acceptable to have that level of abuse, and it not acceptable for people to blatantly break the law. It may interest him that 378…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to noble Lords for what has been a very wide discussion, wider than I anticipated. I sense that at the end of the debate I probably will not have satisfied many…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am happy to examine that. We have said publicly that Article 8 is the focus for our examination, discussion and wider review. However, that does not mean—and this is the key,…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillLet me reassure the noble Lord that this is not personal. I would welcome any suggestions from across the Committee. If we reject the amendment in due course, as he is right to…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the Liberal Democrat and His Majesty’s loyal Opposition Front Benches for their amendments. The noble Lord, Lord German, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee,…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI hope that we can agree that we will examine Hansard tomorrow to determine the information required from each of us and provide it in the fullness of time. On Amendment 202, I…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for proposing the clause stand part notice. At the outset, I place on record for the House that 35,052 people were returned from 5 July 2024 to 4…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWe will take a whole-government approach to this issue. I would like to reflect on this with colleagues who are directly dealing with the matter and will respond. We are in…03 Sept 2025