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HANSARDHomeless People: Prevention of DeathsDoes the Minister agree that we owe a great debt to the many voluntary organisations that are filling the gap that the Government are unable to fill? I have a link with the…01 Oct 2019HANSARDUnited States: Migrant Detention CampsIs the Minister aware that, in May 2018, the United States began forcibly separating children and parents as they arrived at the United States border and that an estimated 12,000…16 Jul 2019HANSARDUnited States: Migrant Detention CampsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that children have been separated from their parents in migrant detention camps on the United States…16 Jul 2019HANSARDMigrant Children: WelfareMy Lords, this is not the first time the Minister and I have discussed the issues raised in this debate. This is about trying to come to an understanding that is humane, kind and…09 Jul 2019HANSARDMigrant Children: WelfareMy Lords—09 Jul 2019HANSARDChild RefugeesIs it not possible to amend so that we can still open our gates to and welcome more of these refugee children? We also need to look at the consequences of the British Nationality…25 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsExcellent.20 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsHear, hear!20 Jun 2019HANSARDFord in BridgendMy Lords, the Minister will be aware of the anxiety over the future of Airbus. Of course, Airbus is based in north, not south, Wales but it could lose 7,000 employees and 400…10 Jun 2019HANSARDEuropean Parliament Elections: Non-UK EU CitizensMy Lords, was part of the problem the fact that some of the electoral advice given to the various returning officers was not accurate? Many local authorities used discounted…05 Jun 2019HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Torture of Political DetaineesMy Lords, according to the last figure I saw, we export £80 million-worth of arms to Saudi Arabia and nil to Yemen. Does that not make us complicit in a lot of the work that is…13 May 2019HANSARDHomelessness: Local Authority SpendingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the decrease in local authority spending since 2009 on homelessness and the number of deaths of homeless people.02 May 2019HANSARDHomelessness: Local Authority SpendingI know that the Minister shares my deep concern about those sleeping rough and so on, but the loss of billions of pounds over the past decade has affected the work that local…02 May 2019HANSARDRough SleepingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take immediate steps to tackle the issue of rough sleeping.01 Apr 2019HANSARDRough SleepingI am sorry that I take too long; it is never my fault. We certainly need two things: a massive investment in those organisations that provide the beds and the end of the Vagrancy…01 Apr 2019HANSARDRough SleepingI am grateful to the Minister for that reply, but it does not add up to the figures I have. I have been told that in 2010 we had 1,786 rough sleepers, but last year we had…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 NotificationDoes the Minister realise that there is more than one online petition? The one to revoke has brought in nearly 6 million signatures, but the one to leave has brought in 570,000…26 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife Crime: First Aid in SchoolsDoes the Minister not think that knife crime and so on goes beyond the police? It goes to communities, as mentioned earlier. The communities that we used to belong to when we were…13 Mar 2019HANSARDYemenMy Lords, is it the case that we have exported nearly £2 billion-worth of armaments to Saudi Arabia over the past six or seven years? Is that really justified? Is it not hypocrisy…25 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: TourismTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to guarantee the adequate staffing of tourism and hospitality projects following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from…19 Feb 2019