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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe Minister is valiantly dealing seriatim with the qualms that so many of us have about accommodation centres, but I have not yet heard an answer to the fundamental question: why…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, but my feeling about these amendments is that that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, is right and that the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillWas everything I said even more incomprehensible than usual? Basically, I am saying that we can amend and improve this a bit, but it would be much better to get rid of it. I also…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillHow does case-by-case work? If we are not going to have agreements and the Minister says it is much better to do it case by case, how does that work? The diplomatic post in the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am not sure who is interrupting whom. If I am interrupting the noble Lord, I will stop.01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI apologise to the Minister, but it will not do. The noble Lord, Lord Paddick, corrected a misapprehension earlier. The numbers she is citing for resettlement are the numbers from…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIf I understand the noble Baroness aright, there is nothing to stop this sovereign Parliament setting out how it interprets the refugee convention in future. She enumerated four…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe noble Lord, Lord Horam, makes a fair point: we must certainly take account of public opinion. But I think he should take account of the extent to which political leaderships…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI would like to say a word in support of the spirit of these amendments. Specifically, I would like to speak in support of Amendments 37, 38 and 42, in the name of the noble…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI agree with the noble Lord—he made the point comprehensively—except that he pulled his punches. Yes, the last line of Amendment 36 is very important, for the reason he gave, but…01 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)It is never a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, because he shoots one’s foxes with such style. He has just shot four of my foxes so please see what I say as a…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, unlike Mr Gove, the House has definitely not had enough of experts, as our welcome for the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, has shown. I am an amateur, but a…07 Dec 2021HANSARDBeyond Brexit: Institutional Framework (EUC Report)The pleasure of debating these excellent reports has been perhaps too long deferred, but every cloud has a silver lining, and the accident of timing means that our views will be…06 Dec 2021HANSARDMigrantsIt really is not a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Desai, because he raises the bar far too high. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for this appallingly…25 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillI do not disagree with all the good things that the noble Baroness is describing, which the Government have brought about, but I have not heard her address the central argument of…23 Nov 2021HANSARDOnshore Wind Bill [HL]—promoting the decarbonisation of transport and, at the same time, freezing fuel duties for a decade. That was very tactless. I urge the Government to welcome the Bill of noble…19 Nov 2021HANSARDOnshore Wind Bill [HL]I think I need to declare an interest and do so very explicitly. The noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, referred to Scottish Power. I am a director of Scottish Power, which operates 40…19 Nov 2021HANSARDOnshore Wind Bill [HL]I was puzzled because planning is a devolved function in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, those are small points. The big point about this Bill is Clause 1(1), of…19 Nov 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Court of Justice of the European UnionMy Lords, the Minister baffled the House earlier with his answer to the question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman. He is now baffling the House again. The conceptual core…18 Nov 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesI strongly agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, said—and thus terminally end his expectations of advancement. As a very young man, I worked in the Moscow embassy trying…25 Oct 2021