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HANSARDHealthcare Provision: InequalitiesMy Lords, I support what the noble Lord just said on raising concerns about those with learning disabilities. They have a long-standing issue with access to the health service,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise to agree and disagree with a variety of noble Lords. I am sad to say that I often do not agree with the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, but on one particular…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI was not aware of that, but I am not sure it changes my argument. As we have just discovered by listening to the debates about Article 31 of the convention, part of the issue…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI had sat down but, given that the noble Baroness intervened on me, I will make a brief response since we have gone over the time—although that was largely to do with her rather…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillOn that point, briefly, it is good that we have the surcharge. It was brought in under one of the pieces of legislation I was responsible for in a former life. We can argue about…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillParts of the Act are still in force, obviously, but, if what the noble Baroness says were true, there would be no need to have her amendment. The fact is that, if you say that the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to say a few words on this issue as the introducer of the £2 bus fare cap and the person who wrote the relevant sections of our manifesto, which committed to keep…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillHaving listened to the Minister, I am not sure that there would be much of a gap. However, this is what I was driving at: based on what rights would be put in place by this…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, on this amendment I had not decided whether I wanted to say anything about it until I listened to the debate. I hope the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, will recognise…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am perhaps not as warm towards this amendment as the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, just was. It seems to me that it does give away its intention in the title, “Primacy…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe Minister is presenting one counterfactual, which is that we would take almost no one in. The alternative is to do what we did, which is Ministers make decisions about quite…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, there are two amendments in this group, Amendments 175 and 176, and I will speak briefly to both. On the first, in my spirit today of agreeing with people where I can…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. At the end of her speech, it was very clear that she should have had no concerns about the contribution she would…19 Sept 2025HANSARDRoad PricingMy Lords, this is one of those occasions on which I hope the Minister will welcome the fact that I strongly agree with him. I am very pleased that he has adopted the policy that…18 Sept 2025HANSARDIndependent Commission on Adult Social CareI am grateful to the Minister for her Answer. The reason I ask the Question is because, understandably, when this debate on social care takes place it almost inevitably focuses…17 Sept 2025HANSARDIndependent Commission on Adult Social CareTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care gives due consideration to the needs of working-age…17 Sept 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyMy Lords, as the Government are considering their child poverty strategy, can I urge them, particularly in the light of the comments made by the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord…10 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I was not able to be here at the opening of the debate on the earlier group, so I hope noble Lords will forgive me if anyone else has already said this, but I was…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am very pleased that my noble friend Lord Jackson raised that, because I read that piece this morning and it is part of the reason why I was keen to speak on this amendment. In…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I want to touch on three matters—two to do with these amendments and one of a more topical nature. We have at previous stages of this Bill talked about the ability of…08 Sept 2025