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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am very grateful—14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have listened carefully to the debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, has done the Committee a service in tabling this amendment. It has enabled us to think in…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIn case I am not understanding it and it would be helpful for the Minister, is the question my noble friend wants the Minister to answer on lasting of powers of attorney whether…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillSince I was standing, I will be very brief. I support what the Chief Whip said. I agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, said earlier. I agree with the Government Chief…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have an enormous degree of respect for the noble Baroness, particularly given her position as a former Lord Speaker. I am a relatively new Member of your Lordships’ House, but I…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillHe said he did not really understand my question. If we set out in the Bill some of the details he currently envisages are in regulations and therefore the House decides on them…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am happy to answer. I do not know how many did. My understanding is that the royal college, whatever its decision-making processes are, has publicly said that it does not think…14 Nov 2025HANSARDEconomic and Taxation Policies: Jobs, Growth and ProsperityWill the Minister confirm that at no point would the OBR, either in interviews or in its documents, confirm the existence of a £22 billion black hole because it absolutely did not?13 Nov 2025HANSARDEconomic and Taxation Policies: Jobs, Growth and ProsperityMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak in this debate. I congratulate my noble friend Lord Elliott on securing it—and it is genuinely a great pleasure to follow my noble friend…13 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendments put down by my noble friend Lord Davies. I will focus in particular on proposed new subsection (2)(b) in his Amendment 65, which…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am sorry that I am not able to support the right reverend Prelate on the first occasion she has tabled an amendment, and hope that I will be able to do so on future…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to support my noble friend Lord Davies. I will also acquaint your Lordships with the information the Government set out in July when the Minister…11 Nov 2025HANSARDAccidental Prison ReleasesMy Lords, I listened carefully to the Minister’s Answer to my noble friend Lord Hayward. He said that the information available to the Deputy Prime Minister was changing rapidly.…10 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise to support my noble friend Lord Jackson’s Amendment 35 and to pose a few questions to the Minister. I will not repeat what my noble friend said; he set out the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillCan I just press the Minister on my specific question, which was not just about the published data but about the information that the department collects to make decisions about…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThat was quite a lengthy intervention, with a number of points. The case raised by the noble and right reverend Lord about a country that we would normally deem not safe is a…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will briefly set out why I do not think this is a particularly helpful amendment, which I am sure the noble Baroness is not entirely surprised to hear. Despite what…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI will address the second test after I have given way to the noble and learned Baroness.03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I support both these amendments. It is sensible that we set a presumption that those who are here effectively as our guests have to follow the rules. Insisting that they…03 Nov 2025