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HANSARDPrevent: Learning ReviewI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Davies, and the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, for their comments and contributions and I will try to answer the questions accordingly. I begin…13 Feb 2025HANSARDE-scootersI hope I have helped the House by saying that currently the use of those scooters in public places is illegal but they are allowed to be used on private land. There is the ability…13 Feb 2025HANSARDE-scootersThe regulations that we are looking at in the crime and policing Bill will be England and Wales provisions, and they are in relation to the seizing of scooters if the police…13 Feb 2025HANSARDPrevent: Learning ReviewI am grateful to the noble Lord. I know he was elected in 1983 in North West Norfolk. It does not seem like 42 years ago. I went down in flames in Eddisbury on that day. I pay…13 Feb 2025HANSARDPrevent: Learning ReviewI am grateful to the noble Baroness. We have ordered a public inquiry into the Southport murders. We agreed to do that and we are looking currently at terms of reference and a…13 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsPeople entering the United Kingdom or applying for asylum using a viable and legal route are not affected. Individuals who come here through illegal routes will be subject to the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsLike the Prime Minister, I am not going to discuss individual cases over the Dispatch Box. The noble Lord will know that there are general principles, which we apply, for the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillPerhaps I might again reassure the noble Baroness. What I have said, from this Dispatch Box, is that guidance from both the Home Office and downstream will be put out once the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for tabling this amendment, with the support of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew. We have had discussions…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsI am grateful to my noble friend for the work he did on citizenship when he was Home Secretary some years ago. He will know that the proposals today are about illegal entry to the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsMy Lords, we have strengthened measures to ensure that anyone who entered the UK illegally faces having British citizenship refused. We take our international obligations very…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsThe guidance applies to individuals from 10 February of this year. The noble Baroness made a number of points about what is happening to asylum status. None of the proposals in…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsI am grateful to the noble Baroness. I can give some figures, but not off the top of my head. I will certainly write to her about that. The key question is illegal migration. The…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsMy noble friend has a long history of interest in and support for refugees and asylum seekers, and I respect and understand his position. The Government are trying to set down…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsThe Government believe, and I know that the noble Lord will share this belief, that the proposals in the guidance are compliant with our international obligations. It is an…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsI accept that there will be individuals who either arrive here as stateless or subsequently find themselves stateless through loss of documents. There is a stateless route for…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsThe Government are not going to withdraw from the convention. The Government support the convention and believe that the proposals referred to in this Private Notice Question are…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsThe guidance is there and the ability of the Government to change that guidance is there. We have made a Statement to the House of Commons in relation to that guidance being…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillI am grateful to noble Lords for tabling the amendments today. I hope I can respond to them in a positive and reassuring manner. First, I will look at Amendment 46 in the names of…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Udny-Lister, for raising the important issue of how new buildings—his amendment mentions “new buildings”—and development should consider…12 Feb 2025