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HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as we have heard, these amendments take us on to the provisions regarding age assessments. Given that, under Clause 3, unaccompanied children will be treated differently…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am to be brief in setting out the government amendments in this group. As the House will recall, Clause 59 provides for the Secretary of State to make regulations…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords, but particularly the most reverend Primate, for clearly setting out the rationale behind his amendment. Let me say again from the…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, it will come as no surprise to the noble Lords, Lord German and Lord Coaker, that the Government cannot support these amendments, not least as they are, simply,…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillPresently, no, but clearly it will be subject to the cap. The problem, as the noble Lord well knows, is that we cannot take as many people as we would like to from the UNHCR…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting debate. My noble friends Lord Hodgson and Lord Lilley and the noble Lord, Lord Green, made some powerful points, in particular on the…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am coming to the noble and learned Lord’s amendment and will answer that question in a second. We consider that these provisions are entirely necessary to safeguard genuine…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs I have already said, I am afraid that I cannot comment further—tempted though I am—on what the former Prime Minister said. The noble Lord has the sense of the Government’s…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs my noble friend well knows, under a conventional judicial review challenge, the court will review the process of the decision and whether the decisions made were appropriate,…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillYes.03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI was saving that until the end of my remarks, which I will do, if I may. Under our proposals, anyone who has entered illegally will be removed, so it is unlikely that they will…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as we have heard, these amendments relate to the bans on re-entry, settlement and citizenship which are a key part of the deterrent effect of the Bill and send an…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill03 Jul 2023