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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillTo be helpful, as the Minister finds his place, what is clearly becoming a bone of contention between the Government Front Bench and the Committee is the progress that has been…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the Minister for giving way. In January, the UN gave an assessment of where the Rwandan immigration system is. Paragraph 18 of that report states: “As of January 2024,…12 Feb 2024HANSARDConversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL]My Lords, your Lordships are probably as surprised as I am to see me winding up from our Front Bench on this. That is because, even though I am an openly gay man, I have never got…09 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]That is not actually what is happening in the marketplace. General Motors has developed the Wayve vehicle, which is now being used in San Francisco. If the regulation is there,…06 Feb 2024HANSARDTeesworks Joint VentureThe Minister has mentioned a number of benefits—and no one disputes that regeneration benefits are required—but does she accept that those benefits have come totally on the back…30 Jan 2024HANSARDTeesworks Joint VentureMy Lords, I would like to directly quote from the report because the devil is always in the detail: “The JV partners are clearly astute, commercial businessmen. They have a clear…30 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS App: Medical RecordsMy Lords, digital transformation of the NHS at pace is being held back by the number of vacancies for digital roles within the NHS, particularly when many people are going over to…19 Dec 2023HANSARDRefugees: HomelessnessMy Lords, following on from my noble friend’s question, the Minister is correct that the Government are trying to align the permit period but, once a permit is received, it takes…13 Dec 2023HANSARDLocal Enterprise Partnerships: FundingMy Lords, is the issue here not just talking about structural change to functions but the power of the functions themselves? The clear issue with saying that we are going to have…11 Dec 2023HANSARDChildren Seeking AsylumTo ask His Majesty’s Government, in the past two years, how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum aged 12 and under have been placed in hotels while waiting for local…05 Dec 2023HANSARDChildren Seeking AsylumI welcome the noble Lord to his new role and wish him well with what will be a very challenging brief. A report last week by the Children’s Commissioner on unaccompanied children…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and Pensions: AICan the Minister say what percentage of staff within the department are fully skilled and trained on the use, application and assessment of AI decisions?05 Dec 2023HANSARDJustification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023My Lords—27 Nov 2023HANSARDJustification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023I will raise one point which has not been raised. This Chamber should not be legislating when legislation is not required, and the Government have not set out what the problem is…27 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling Up: Project DeliveryMy Lords, is not the key finding of all this that centralised Whitehall one-off bidding is not the key to level up across this country?23 Nov 2023HANSARDRefugees and Asylum Seekers: Safe RoutesMy Lords, evidence shows that refugees will choose official routes over smugglers, where they represent a realistic alternative. Therefore, to smash the smugglers’ deadly trade,…22 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to her post and I will be quite parochial. As somebody who was born in Huddersfield and now lives in Sheffield, I welcome the allocation that has…22 Nov 2023HANSARDLocal Government FinanceMy Lords, throwing asylum seekers out of hotel accommodation at short notice only moves the issue to local councils, which are legally obliged to accommodate asylum seekers while…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRwanda: Asylum Arrangements TreatyMy Lords, it may have escaped the Minister’s attention that a schedule to the then Illegal Migration Bill had Rwanda down as a safe country. It also listed another 20 or so…21 Nov 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesMy Lords, child mortality rates in all high-income countries, apart from this one, are improving. What is it about this country that is causing this, and what evidence do the…15 Nov 2023