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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, perhaps I could just explain to both noble Baronesses that it was facts that were in dispute, not opinions. I actually agree with a lot of what the Lord, Lord Green of…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the Committee will be pleased to hear that I am not hangry any more. I would not like the Chief Whip to think that this speech is so short because of what he just said;…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for his intervention. From memory—and I have to say, no pun intended, that I am finding it difficult to keep my head above water…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, there are lots of issues here, but I start by making an overarching comment. A decade or more ago, the Home Office was dealing with many more applications for asylum…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe Minister said that two issues were widely recognised internationally. One was the definition of a safe third country and the other was on the first safe country principle—that…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, as my noble friend Lady Hamwee explained, Clause 17 has the potential for time limits to be placed on the submission of evidence in support of an asylum claim. I am…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am sorry for interrupting, but I am becoming a little confused again, I am afraid, probably because we have been at this for a very long time and it is very late and so forth.…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I apologise but, in the war of attrition that this Bill has become, we seem to have lost any contributions other than from the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Front…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, after the emotionally draining Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, I told myself not to get so involved with this one, but how can noble Lords not get so involved…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am sorry to disappoint noble Lords, but I am the lead signatory on the Clause 11 stand part proposal. The noble Lord, Lord Rosser, has kindly allowed me to speak last from this…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillOrder!01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I shall also speak to the other amendment in this group. The group is about probing what the Government should be doing in the asylum and immigration space instead of…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe noble Lord, Lord Green of Deddington, and I agree. This Bill has totally the wrong focus. It is all about asylum seekers. If there is a problem with public opinion on…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I hesitate to follow my noble friend, who is an expert on this issue. I declare an interest as a British citizen seeking a residence permit in Norway, where I have lived…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillNo—I am afraid that the note that the noble Lord was just passed by the Minister is not accurate. That is the number of people settled through resettlement schemes, not the number…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe number of applications per 10,000 population, I think, takes into account the population in each country.01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am not in the Government. I do not set what the policy will be in relation to the number of asylum seekers that can be brought into this country. The noble Lord, Lord Green of…01 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am sorry to intervene, but will the Minister include in the letter to noble Lords how this measure, which will be broad and flexible—I think that is what she said—and at the…01 Feb 2022