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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI agree with the noble Lord that, in that context, the Assembly had competence to consider those issues. However, in the context of the overall Bill, this measure deals with…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe answer, which I will turn to in a moment, is that it was considered that greater clarity and concision was needed. In that respect, it is the Government’s view that the test…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOn the first point, there is no suggestion that these measures impute culpability in the way that the noble Baroness suggests. On the second point, I would have thought that the…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am afraid I do not agree with my noble friend. These provisions are strictly limited to deal with the present emergency that we face. As with the amendments to the other parts…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will certainly do so.12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank my noble friend for that contribution. The position, as he outlined in his speech, is that the deterrence effect takes its force from a number of sections in the Bill: the…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillForgive me, but I am just answering this point. So it is the Government’s view that the provisions in this Bill fall within the reserved matter that I described a moment ago.12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWe have already canvassed these topics, but there are many ways for a decision-maker to take a refusal to consent into account. It need not be an automatic presumption that…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOf course we consider the advice provided by the Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee and the Home Office’s chief scientific adviser, and we will continue to do so. It is…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe noble Baroness now invites me to embark on a discussion that she just said she did not want to have. I agree with her first position because it is not relevant to the…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am afraid I do not accept that, because of the advances in technology that I have already described. That is the position in respect of Amendment 89.12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as I have repeatedly set out, we need bold and radical action to tackle the dangerous, illegal and unnecessary crossings in the channel. We will deter such crossings…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI had in mind the sage words of the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, in the House last week. As the noble Lord will recall, the origins of Schedule 1 were canvassed at length by the…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs the right reverend Prelate will appreciate, it is the experience of litigators that the use of remote facilities has become very commonplace.12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful for that suggestion from the noble and learned Lord. If I may, I will take a moment to reflect on that and will revert to him in relation to it. Amendments 114 and…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOne would hope that a victim of trafficking would want to facilitate the prosecution of their traffickers. It is clear, for the reasons I have already set out, that we cannot…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. It has been particularly illuminating; I have noted the quality of the speeches and hope that I can answer…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Clause 37 provides for two types of suspensive claims, which have the effect of suspending a person’s removal—a factual suspensive claim and a serious harm suspensive…12 Jun 2023