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HANSARDLicensing Act 2003 (UEFA Women’s European Football Championship Licensing Hours) Order 2025My Lords, I move seamlessly from investigatory powers to the European football championships, as is the wont of the Home Office. This order was laid before Parliament on 15 May.…01 Jul 2025HANSARDLicensing Act 2003 (UEFA Women’s European Football Championship Licensing Hours) Order 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Licensing Act 2003 (UEFA Women’s European Football Championship Licensing Hours) Order 2025.01 Jul 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025I am grateful to the noble Earl for that intervention. The decision that the Home Office has taken is that it is for organisations to apply. With the ambulance trusts, once we…01 Jul 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025That is a fairly valid challenge. The decision to apply is for the ambulance trusts. They were initially all included. Some have determined that they have not used this power, and…01 Jul 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025My Lords, it is a pleasure to be here today to bring forward these regulations, which are enabled by the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, during the passage of which some nine years…01 Jul 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025I am grateful to noble Lords for the short and useful debate. As my noble friend Lord Jones, who I have known for a very long time, said, it is useful to challenge the Executive…01 Jul 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025The noble Lord puts his finger on the point that, originally, all ambulance trusts were included in the schedule. As part of their general reflection, the six English ambulance…01 Jul 2025HANSARDMigrants: Hotel AccommodationPerhaps the noble Lord could ask the previous Home Office Ministers under the last Administration, because all the contracts with the current asylum accommodation were signed by…01 Jul 2025HANSARDMigrants: Hotel AccommodationWe are getting on quite well, actually. If noble Lords will bear with me, the supported accommodation as of 31 March 2025 is 15% lower than at the end of 2024 and 42% lower than…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI appreciate the noble Viscount’s comments, but the clauses in Chapter 1—for example, “Duty to prepare annual reports”, “Duties of cooperation etc” and “The Board” overseeing all…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am again grateful to noble Lords for tabling these amendments and for giving us the opportunity to discuss them. I am slightly disappointed that I have moved from being a…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI say in response to the noble Lord, Lord Framlingham, that there is a great sense of urgency from this Government on the issue that he raises. The people are not “wandering up…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI just ask the noble Lord this question. Does he feel that the Home Secretary in the House of Commons and me, as the Minister in the Lords for the Home Office, would not be held…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, we have had another useful discussion, and I hope that I can address some of the issues that have been put before the Committee today. The amendments in the names of the…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am again grateful for the amendments tabled, because they have sparked a discussion on a range of issues. In response to the noble Lord, Lord Empey, I note that the Government…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillBefore my noble friend Lord Rooker responds, I again refer the noble Baroness to Clause 3(2). It says very clearly, and this is why it is generic, that: “The Commander must from…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to all contributors to the debate. I begin by saying, straightforwardly, that the importance of biosecurity and of securing our borders on biosecurity is vital. The…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe Border Security Commander has a co-ordinating but also a strategic directional role, so, in consultation with the various partners, he will be producing a plan which brings…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI just want to add that the Employment Rights Bill is currently going through a lengthy procedure of discussion in this House. It is attempting to put down a whole range of…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful again. I hope I can answer the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, immediately. As she outlined, her amendment seeks to probe whether private bodies carrying out public…26 Jun 2025