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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Minister made a slightly unconvincing effort to persuade us that what is envisaged is in the best interests of the child. It rested on a couple of planks. One was that the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, sensing an overwhelming desire in the House to discuss the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, I shall be very brief. I do not know whether…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I largely made at Second Reading all the points I would have wished to make in this debate, and they were admirably made earlier by the noble Lord, Lord Hannay. I look…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe noble and learned Baroness makes a very strong case and I give her my full support. My name is on Amendments 80 and 91 in this group. Amendment 91 is concerned with victims of…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Minister says there is no requirement in the convention for a convention state to handle an asylum request on its own territory, but surely the deal with Rwanda rules out our…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI wonder whether I can help the Minister. I support what he said today, and I congratulate him on how he started and what he said about the Civil Service. But I wonder whether he…17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord McLoughlin. His historical point is completely correct: the period of maximum EU legislation was during the delivery of the single…15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am happy to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, and I agree with both his points. I have the strong impression, having read through the list of titles, that the great…15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI greatly enjoyed serving jointly with the noble Lord on the EU Select Committee. I point out that I was woken up three times on a Sunday evening by Delors asking me what the…15 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the only thing I really like about the Bill is the honesty of its title—it is indeed an illegal migration Bill. It bans even asking for asylum if you are coming from…10 May 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillSpeaking as a Scotsman and a unionist, I strongly support the point made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope. It seems to me that if one is to maintain the union, it is…26 Apr 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillLast year, 50% of those who crossed the channel came from only five countries—Afghanistan, Eritrea, Syria, Sudan and Iran. If I were a young woman in Iran being hunted by the…08 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am very grateful to the Minister for the skill with which he is trying to explain to a layman like me abstruse points of law. Could he give us a worked example, please? I was…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am not a lawyer—that will become very apparent from what I am going to say—but I support Amendments 68, 69 and 69A. I am puzzled that the Government say that their aim is to…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillBefore the Minister leaves the question of allowing Clause 10 to stand part, I am surprised at her disagreement with the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee—a…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Before he sits down, I refer him to the second paragraph on page 2 of his letter—for which I was grateful, joking apart: “From the…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIn time immemorial, we were not members of the European Union. Is the Minister saying that we all should go back to pre-1972, and that anything that happened when Denning salt…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe are talking about the courts and cases. Surely the courts will have to look at the domestic principles of interpretation which they are going to apply. Will they be given any…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI think I understand the Minister’s argument about “proper” in new paragraph (c) in Clause 7(3), but is the wording of this not prejudicial because it assumes that retained EU law…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am very glad that I gave way to the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton. I hope that the Government will reflect on such criticism coming from such a quarter. The noble Lord, Lord…02 Mar 2023