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HANSARDMigration and Economic Development PartnershipI am afraid I disagree with the noble Baroness. The Home Secretary certainly has the greatest respect for the judicial system, as you would expect of a former Attorney-General.…29 Jun 2023HANSARDMigration and Economic Development PartnershipThis Government already have a very considerable number of safe and legal routes. I need only remind the noble Baroness that we have had more than half a million people arriving…29 Jun 2023HANSARDMigration and Economic Development PartnershipI thank my noble friend. He is absolutely right: we realised that, unfortunately, institutional changes were required. That is why we brought forward the innovative scheme set out…29 Jun 2023HANSARDMigration and Economic Development PartnershipThe noble Baroness amply demonstrates the problem identified by my noble friend a moment ago: the difficulty with removing people is the overenthusiasm of our overdefensive…29 Jun 2023HANSARDMigration and Economic Development PartnershipObviously, this is a Statement on the Rwanda judgment, but I reassure the noble Baroness that, in general principle, the Home Office is always evolving and studying its processes…29 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillClearly, the economic impact assessment is targeted at economic impacts, and the noble Lord invites me to comment on something that is a non-economic impact not being in the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs I said yesterday, the child rights impact assessment will be provided in due course.28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Clause 2 is the centrepiece of the scheme provided for in this Bill. Without it, the Bill as a whole would be fundamentally undermined. It therefore follows that I…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, with these amendments we return to the issue of detention time limits in relation to unaccompanied children and the limiting of places of detention. Amendments 49, 53,…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI have listened very carefully to what the noble Lord has said and I will certainly take it back to the department.28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, has set out, Amendment 5 seeks to replace Clause 1 with a new clause that provides that nothing in this Bill requires an act or…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillFirst, I am afraid I have read so many documents in the past few days that I cannot immediately recollect whether the stats are in the IA. I will confirm whether they are, and I…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, has explained, his amendments would prevent the detention and removal of any person who meets the conditions in Clause 4 and…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillConsiderable efforts are taken to seek to shorten the period but that is not an easy process. I agree with the noble Baroness that we should aspire to have a shorter period but we…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI do not know whether the DPP has been consulted on that point but I will certainly find out and write to the noble Lord. Amendment 112, put forward by the noble and learned…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe NRM process requires the gathering of evidence and input from the party, so it is not down entirely to Home Office resourcing issues. The appointment of the new Independent…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs the noble Lord will recall, during our exchange I made clear that not all of those 16 agreements are in the public domain, so I am not going to provide him with the list he…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as the noble Lords, Lord Dubs and Lord German, have explained, these amendments relate to the provision in Clause 4(2), which provides for protection claims and relevant…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOrder! Secondly, I suggest that the material figures are those in detention. It is a fundamental part of the scheme that people will be detained and removed. We can see from the…28 Jun 2023