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HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran and SudanMy Lords, when the folk arrive here, they are given an ASPEN card, which did provide £35 a week for their subsistence. Has that gone up with inflation? What is the value now? Is…24 Jan 2023HANSARDUK Asylum and Refugee PolicyMy Lords, what a privilege it is to have the opportunity to take part in this debate and to follow my fellow Welsh Methodist minister, the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths. We were…09 Dec 2022HANSARDHS2: WalesAs a north Walian, I support all the concerns that the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, and others have mentioned already. What I and a lot of north Walians are concerned about is…08 Nov 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan 2022My Lords, I just add that because of Brexit, largely, we have an imported food crisis. Of course, such food costs so much more than it used to before Brexit. To suggest, as the…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorth Sea GasIs the Minister really serious about this, and will what he advocates be in the plan which we receive tomorrow? There is so much concern, not only among ordinary families, who are…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEuropean Court of Human RightsMy Lords, is this not the time for people to come together instead of separating from each other, especially when we see what is happening in Ukraine and so on? This is our…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Convention on Human Rights.18 Jul 2022HANSARDSpousal Visas: Processing TimesMy Lords, what preparations are in process to counteract the effects of climate change and the greatly increased number of people who will have to leave their homes and their…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPrime Minister: Meeting with First Ministers of the Devolved GovernmentsMy Lords, are the Government aware that only 2% of the insulin used so essentially by diabetic folk in the UK is produced in the United Kingdom, in Wrexham in Wales? What are the…08 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, if we are not able to rely on Ministers and other parliamentarians to tell the truth, then reliable and acceptable government is impossible. The recent police notices to…17 May 2022HANSARDUK-Rwanda Asylum Partnership ArrangementMy Lords, as we are struggling to defend democracy and democratic decisions, is it not totally opposed to that to try to sneak through an agreement without it being discussed and…25 Apr 2022HANSARDShared Prosperity FundMy Lords, bids for the shared prosperity fund were supposed to be in by July last year and the money was supposed to have been spent by the end of next week, 31 March. How is that…24 Mar 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19My Lords, may I remind the House that we are not dealing with one nation but with four nations? The devolved Administrations —Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales—all take their…22 Feb 2022HANSARDRailway Stations: FacilitiesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that facilities such as lifts and public toilets at railway stations are (1) in working order, and (2)…01 Feb 2022HANSARDRailway Stations: FacilitiesMy Lords, for a disabled person relying on a lift to continue their journey, it must be very depressing to come to a station and find that the lift is not working. Why? Is it…01 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, I appreciate the opportunity to bring up the Afghanistan question, largely because, earlier this autumn, I had the privilege of speaking to three Afghan ladies who were…02 Dec 2021HANSARDAfghanistanTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) poverty, and (2) hunger in Afghanistan; and what progress they have made with the Afghan citizens…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCharities and Civil Society: Ministerial ResponsibilityMy Lords, what worries me is the way we are trying to overload the responsibilities of one particular Minister. I think of the Minister for Intergovernmental Relations. I think it…23 Nov 2021HANSARDRefugees: StatusMy Lords, may I remind Members here of the arid desert there will be as climate change takes its effect? In the coming years, there will be a massive movement of peoples who will…02 Nov 2021HANSARDMigrationMy Lords, four years ago we formed the Citizens of the World Choir, which is made up of mainly asylum seekers from 27 countries. Last Saturday, they sang at the Royal Opera House,…28 Oct 2021