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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI want to draw my noble friend back, in case noble Lords missed it, to the very interesting political point he made—which I can validate from conversations I have had with a…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I just have a few points to make on the amendments and the contributions that have been made, which I hope means that the Minister can make sure he covers them when he…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillSo he really cannot say.10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I strongly support my noble friend Lord Davies of Gower. Unlike a number of noble Lords here, I was unable to take part in the earlier iterations of debate on the Bill.…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillCan I just check, now that the Prime Minister and the French President have announced the details of the scheme, whether the Minister’s contention is that what has been announced…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I have some points to make on these amendments and some questions, which the Minister or the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, may be able to deal with at the end. Amendment…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise to oppose this amendment. I am afraid—and she will not be surprised, I suspect—that I broadly disagree with everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, has…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI will finish the point and then of course I will take the noble Baroness’s intervention. They cross a number of safe European countries before they get to their final safe EU…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, on the overall issue, I strongly support the various provisions in legislation to make sure that victims of modern slavery and trafficking are properly protected. There…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI shall deal with those points briefly. First, I do not accept that the UN is the arbiter of what the convention means. It is our job in this House and the House of Commons to…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIn this discussion about reverse burden of proof, something is being missed here, which is why the knife example the noble Lord gave was not a good one. There are two parts to the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and the committee for the very thorough discussion they have had on the issues in the amendments. I have three points to make on what the noble…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe noble Lord makes half a good point. I agree with him on people who are victims of modern slavery. I think my noble friend Lady May will speak to some amendments on that in…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful for that explanation. As I explained to the Committee, I could not be here on the first day but I have read through the debate and I am afraid I did not agree with…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI shall address both the points the noble Baroness has made. On the first, in one sense I am very much looking at it from the point of view of the participants. I want them to be…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I listened very carefully to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and have a great deal of respect for the side of the argument he is coming from. But the piece missing from his…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, if the noble Lord would give way on a point of agreement, I would be grateful to him. To be clear, I am also grateful that organisations such as Liberty exist and that…08 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, and I think he rather did himself an injustice in the humble way he introduced his speech. I think he will see when I…04 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)On that point, it is quite important that the Minister commits to consulting Parliament, but it was very clear that the Cabinet Manual remains an executive document and it should…04 Jul 2025HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025Is the noble Baroness prepared to answer questions about—03 Jul 2025