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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am very impressed by the noble Lord’s speech. Can he tell us what proportion of the resources of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy are currently deployed in the Indian…05 Jan 2026HANSARDUK-EU Common Understanding NegotiationsMy Lords, the £570 million is a gross number; the net number would take account of grants to our own people benefiting from the scheme. I hope that the Minister will not be too…18 Dec 2025HANSARDBritish Embassy in DamascusUNHCR maintains that there are 16 million Syrians in Syria in need of humanitarian assistance. UK charities are seeking to help. Does the Minister agree that it would help them if…02 Dec 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThis is all very fascinating. I hope we get back to Heligoland soon, and maybe the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, but I have to ask the noble Lord: where was he when his Government…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI think it is probably best to take what they say at face value. They probably mean what they say. I will now attempt to address the amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am not sure what remarks the noble Lord is referring to. I am talking about the position taken by the current Administration of the United States.25 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayI am not disagreeing with the noble Lord at all; he is completely correct about France. I am just sad that one of the defining features of this country—something we used to be…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt is probably best to let the Americans be the judge of their own best interests. They seem to be rather keen on this treaty and its ratification. The Secretary of State in…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI respect what the noble Lord says and he knows what he is talking about. I also respect what the noble Baroness, Lady Goldie, asked for in requesting four statements. We should…25 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayWhat worries me most about this is what it will do to our society. I do not like the concept of a much larger group of second-class people in our country with restrictions on what…25 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyMy Lords, the Home Secretary ended her Statement by saying that her reforms “are designed to bring unity where others seek to divide”. My greatest worry about them is that making…20 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will say a word in support of Amendment 37, which would allow 56 days before someone who has been given asylum is thrown out. The six-month experiment of the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, Amendment 42 seems to me to be something of a no-brainer. It would relieve the public purse in two ways. Local authorities might no longer have to find the cost of…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI was afraid that the pull factor would rear its ugly head. There is a pull factor and it comes from the black economy. The smugglers have friends in the black economy and are…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIt is our polite custom to say what a privilege it is to follow the previous speaker. In this case, and on this subject, that is absolutely true. It is to this subject that the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, over breakfast I read the views of the noble Lord, Lord Biggar, and can confirm that they have not changed over the course of the day. I begin with an apology to the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am so grateful to the noble Baroness. I just want to say that I am quite sure that the Mauritians would agree with that.04 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am grateful to the Minister, who is an expert on the Modern Slavery Act, as are the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the noble Lord, Lord German. I am not. Can the Minister…03 Nov 2025HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, on how he introduced the debate, which was brilliant. I congratulate the Front Benches on their unanimity of support for…31 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeGiven the suspension, sine die, of the refugee family reunion scheme, what advice would the Minister give to the bona fide refugee here, granted asylum status, who discovers that…14 Oct 2025