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HANSARDHousing: Young PeopleThey also count them when they go out. So, if they come in and go out, they account for zero in total.14 Mar 2024HANSARDHousing: Young PeopleI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. Will this body dealing with a long-term strategy also consider the demand for housing? Will it have any control over the massive…14 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, makes an important point that provokes in me a question. I understand why the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford and others—all of…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the noble and learned Lord comment on the decision of the French Government to ignore Rule 39 rulings and, in particular, to send someone back to Uzbekistan?06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillBut your position is that this is now settled and that member states all agree, when they patently do not.06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, can I begin by setting the record straight? On Monday, I implied that no noble Lord had mentioned the precedent set in 2004 by the Blair Government in creating an…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I do urge noble Lords to use some common sense. It is inconceivable, if this Bill is enacted, for the first few months—regardless of whether all the conditions of the…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI cannot say what today’s Supreme Court would do, but the supreme courts of our country in those days did entertain a challenge. Greece, in particular, was not thought to be safe,…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am not sure what the noble Baroness’s question to me is, but, as a great Francophile, I am sorry to hear her abuse the French nation in that way. My noble friend said that this…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I have listened to and read the debates so far with great respect. They have been dominated by distinguished noble Lords who are lawyers, and I am not. I want to raise…04 Mar 2024HANSARDLong-Term National Housing StrategyMy Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate on securing this debate and recognise that the Church, through the Archbishops’ Commission, is almost alone in having offered…29 Feb 2024HANSARDLong-Term National Housing StrategyI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. Do the Liberal Democrats believe that the long-term strategy should include controlling demand as well as supply?29 Feb 2024HANSARDLong-Term National Housing StrategyThe Minister does not seem to wish to address the points I raised at the beginning of the debate, but did she note that all the speakers opposite seem to believe in a Zen housing…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSkill Shortages in Business and IndustryWe have. As the ILO predicted, shortages have got worse, even though Members opposite want to deny the facts. When will we abandon this failed policy and start training and paying…28 Feb 2024HANSARDSkill Shortages in Business and IndustryMy Lords, is my noble friend aware that the United Nations International Labour Organization warned that a “temporary … shortage … of trained native workers, can … be made ……28 Feb 2024HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, I am relieved that the committee did not follow the other place by excluding Members on the basis of allegations alone. That has led to palpable injustices—for example,…28 Feb 2024HANSARDNorthern IrelandNever again.27 Feb 2024HANSARDNorthern IrelandMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dodds. I endorse his celebration of the union from this side of the Irish Sea; it is as important to us that…27 Feb 2024HANSARDRight to RoamMy Lords, as a young boy, walking in the countryside and coming across a sign saying, “Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted”, my father assured me that it was a bluff. There is no law…21 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the noble Lord give way?19 Feb 2024