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HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I do not think that was quite my question. I am trying to understand, as it is not apparent to me from reading the statutory instrument, why a postal vote pack posted in a Royal…24 Oct 2023HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hayward. I wish to add my support to the comments that he made about the consolidation of election law. We are way behind…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI will try again. Very simply, why does the Home Office data not have a simple answer on the age of the youngest unaccompanied child seeking asylum who is in a hotel run by the…06 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateMy Lords, before the Recess, I asked a simple question expecting a simple answer from the Minister. I asked what is the youngest age of an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child to…06 Sept 2023HANSARDRhodes Wildfires: Repatriation of HolidaymakersMy Lords, the editor of Which? has pointed out that, unless the Government give advice not to travel, people who are travelling on airlines such as Ryanair, which is continuing…25 Jul 2023HANSARDStroke CareMy Lords, the Getting It Right First Time report has shown that 29 recommendations are needed for strokes and its wider programme has shown what works in the healthcare system to…24 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, on these Benches, we support Motions E1, J1, K1, N1 and N2. We welcome the Government’s Motion L on time-limiting detention for women who are pregnant. This suite of…12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I wish to echo some of the words of the noble Lord, Lord Cormack. I, for one—like, I am sure, many noble Lords—do not have any pleasure in this Bill receiving its Third…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenMy Lords, the judgment in the High Court in June of the Article 39 case shows that these children are indeed, as part of the Children Act, children in need, and covered by…10 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am sure that, like everyone who has listened to this debate, I am now more confused than when it started. Clarity has not been brought. I thank all noble Lords for…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Amendment 87 is in my name, and I thank the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, and the noble Lord, Lord Touhig, for adding…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill03 Jul 2023HANSARDAdvanced Research and Innovation AgencyMy Lords, there is some concern that there are no mechanisms in place to plug in the appropriate humanities and social science areas right from the beginning of projects. What…29 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, I have listened very carefully to his answer regarding the potential pull factor if unaccompanied children are not placed in detention. However,…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIf it is a pull factor, why was it not a pull factor in 2014?28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWhy would the Minister tell me, and others who identify as LGBT, that it is not safe to go to a country because we would be in fear of our safety, yet deport to that country an…28 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS: Performance and InnovationThat this House takes note of the current performance of the NHS and innovation in the health service.15 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS: Performance and InnovationMy Lords, I clearly need to put a different aftershave on tomorrow. I wanted to have this debate because I feel that the time is right for a discussion to be had in this…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsMy Lords, this service is patchwork, yet the demand is across the country. What can NHS England do to ensure that the unmet need for palliative and end-of-life care for people…15 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS: Performance and InnovationMy Lords, I thank everybody who participated in this debate, including the Minister, for approaching this in the spirit of the debate’s framework, which was to concentrate not…15 Jun 2023