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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI think we know from our experience of asylum seekers and migration that, generally speaking, one cannot take that almost continuous journey through many countries from a place,…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI remind noble Lords that, in April 2022, the National Archives and the Ministry of Justice launched Find Case Law, which is an online service allowing everybody to access freely…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIt would probably ill behove me to predicate my answer on legislation that I have yet to see. As and when we get to the passage of that legislation, we can perhaps revisit this…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillNo, I am simply saying that cases in the Upper Tribunal are regularly published, which are the cases that present the most case law which is actually of use to legal practitioners…13 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI think we have yet to have a full discussion on Amendment 483, as well as Amendment 483A, so perhaps we could proceed to that discussion.18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I apologise to the noble Baroness for interjecting relatively late into her remarks, but I am reminded that, in the Companion , it is fairly clear that Members should…16 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillOrder!11 Sept 2025HANSARDDaesh Crimes: Accountability (JCHR Report)My Lords, I am grateful to all those who contributed to this short but informative and detailed debate. As every other noble Lord has done, I begin by paying tribute to the noble…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Deputy Chairman of Committees. Just to confirm, we will be going to target this evening, so I urge brevity from everybody in making speeches, so that we can…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI apologise. I should have added that it was agreed through the usual channels, with the Front Benches, that that would be an appropriate way to arrange business.09 Sept 2025HANSARDDaesh Crimes: Accountability (JCHR Report)I apologise for not answering the noble Lord’s question, despite making a note about it. I am not sure how much my answer will satisfy him. At the Ljubljana conference in 2023—the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDaesh Crimes: Accountability (JCHR Report)I thank the noble Lord, but I am not sure that I can add a great deal of the detail that he seeks from the Despatch Box. I will be very happy to reflect on his comments in Hansard…09 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for a short but legally quite forensic debate. It was probably almost too forensic for gone 10 pm on a Monday night. I shall do my best to…08 Sept 2025HANSARDJobs MarketOf course my noble friend is utterly right. [ Laughter . ] Noble Lords opposite laugh, but this is no joking matter. One year in, and we are still uncovering the damage they did…23 Jul 2025HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionMy Lords, we have 16 minutes, and I am sure that we can all get in. Let us hear from these Benches and then the Opposition Benches.23 Jul 2025HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords, as part of the Get Britain Working plan, we are ensuring that there are local growth plans across the economy, because we recognise that different labour markets have…23 Jul 2025HANSARDJobs MarketThe noble Viscount will be aware that in March, the Government announced the new Construction Skills Mission Board, which has already met. It will help to ensure that employers…23 Jul 2025HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords, I appreciate what the noble Lord says, but employment in the UK is at a record high—more than 34 million in March to May 2025. The number of jobs in the economy is at a…23 Jul 2025HANSARDJobs MarketNoble Lords opposite may groan and sigh, but I am afraid the fact is that we cannot, in a year, undo the damage they did to the economy and the public finances in 14 years. We…23 Jul 2025HANSARDJobs MarketThe noble Lord will be aware that in the Employment Rights Bill we are undertaking a sector-wide, labour force-wide reassessment and review of employment status that will take…23 Jul 2025