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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I remember those long evenings over the last two years when we debated the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024. The words of Pyrrhus come to mind, because…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI have to ask my noble friend a fundamental question. Regarding the biometric data that we currently retain across all the agencies of government, if that system is working, why…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I support the excellent amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Swire. I begin with a confession, which I think is shared by most of my colleagues on these…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am listening very carefully to the noble Baroness. She knows that there has been cross-party support on, for instance, information-sharing in respect of the Schengen Information…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I echo the concerns of my noble friend Lord Harper. I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford. I have the pleasure of serving with her on the European Affairs…10 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 172. I would genuinely press the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, to elucidate the meaning behind it, because I find it quite confusing. The…10 Jul 2025HANSARDEuropean Union Entry/Exit SystemMy Lords, will the Minister consider exploring the viability of processing and charging facilities on the M20 in the Ashford area, away from the coast at Folkestone, Dover and…09 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillAcid.08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful for the forbearance of the Minister. While he is in a pensive mood, will he confirm that there is a possibility, at least, that the Government’s current review of…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am always more than happy to have a conversation with my friend the noble Lord. However, as the Minister himself said not that long ago, the Bill in its entirety is compliant…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am aware of that. I am merely drawing to your Lordships’ attention the fact that there will be real-world consequences from the interpretation of the legislation when it finally…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWill the noble Lord give way? I am listening with great care. If I can direct him back to the issue of reverse burden of proof, he will know that this is not unusual—it is not…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I was not intending to speak, because my noble friend Lord Harper made an excellent contribution, but I cannot let the peroration of the noble Baroness go without some…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI do not deprecate the remarks of the noble Baroness. I find her always passionate and compelling, and she added greatly to the strength, colour and nuance of the debates we had…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI will take the Minister back to the reasonable excuse in Clause 13(3). I am sure he has a view on why the wording is quite open ended. It says: “The cases in which a person has a…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I oppose these amendments. The noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, was gracious in absolving me of my stupidity in jumping ahead. I misread the amendments last week, but we are…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillBefore I look at the specific critique of the amendments put forward, I take the comments by the noble Baroness on face value. However, I know that, when my party were in…08 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I oppose Amendments 5, 6 and 31. Noble Lords will probably realise that we are reprising the very excellent debate we had on 14 March about my noble friend Lord Norton…02 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to this group of amendments and, with the exception of the amendments in the name of my noble friends on the Front Bench, to oppose them. It is always a…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe noble Lord admonishes me for perhaps jumping slightly ahead, so I will revert to Clause 13 and put a question to the Minister. The honourable Member for the Weald of Kent in…26 Jun 2025