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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIn the spirit of co-operation and the hand of friendship that the noble Viscount has reached out, I say that it is a valid challenge. There is a place for accounts and there is a…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 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 reassure the noble Lord that we are very keen to put into the public domain in due course the performance data that he is looking for. The question is about whether we put this…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to noble Lords. I will try to answer the noble Viscount immediately. It was very kind that he paraphrased my reply as “We don’t know”. A tadge unfair, I fear, but an…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, who, acting as super sub today, continues to make very valid points on this issue. Let me go to the heart of the amendments, if I…26 Jun 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 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Abuse and Rape Gangs InquiryThe noble Lord is absolutely right, which is why, when this Government came into office in July last year, we looked at the Alexis Jay recommendations, determined that no action…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI am grateful to both Front-Bench speakers for their contributions and questions. I will try, as ever, to address those issues. Let me go straight to the heart of the challenge…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Abuse and Rape Gangs InquiryThe Government are determined to root out the horrific crimes of grooming gangs and to secure justice for victims. We have accepted the 12 recommendations made by the noble…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Abuse and Rape Gangs InquiryI am grateful to my noble friend, and I place on record from this Dispatch Box my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, for the 197-page report that she presented, on the…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Abuse and Rape Gangs InquiryThe grooming gangs inquiry is looking at all areas of the United Kingdom. We have a responsibility in the Home Office for England and Wales, but it is important that we consult…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Abuse and Rape Gangs InquiryI am grateful to the noble Baroness. We are trying to do that as quickly as possible. I cannot give a definitive date, but if I say to her that we want to get this started as…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Abuse and Rape Gangs InquiryOne of the key recommendations from the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, was that we review convictions of victims and look at how victims have experienced the system. We have accepted…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Abuse and Rape Gangs InquiryI am grateful to my noble friend. I think it is very important that we recognise that the experience of victims in giving evidence, particularly when faced with their…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI am grateful to my noble friend for echoing the praise and support for the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, and the work she has done. She has set down a further set of developments…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportThe potential amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill will look at individuals where criminal convictions have occurred, be they male or female, at an age when they were deemed…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI am grateful for the noble Baroness’s support. I was just checking what my right honourable friend the Home Secretary said on the Statement in the House of Commons: “On support…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising this issue. I extend my apologies to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton; I am trying to cover a range of issues in a very short…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI am grateful to my noble friend. I want to have consensus in this House on the measures that we take forward as a whole, which is why I reflect on the fact that measures in the…18 Jun 2025