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HANSARDRwanda Asylum PartnershipI understand the strength of feeling, so of course I will be more than happy to take my noble friend’s suggestion back to the department.19 Oct 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: MisconductMy Lords, interim findings of the review done by the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, set out worrying failures of the Metropolitan Police Service to operate effectively within the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDRwanda Asylum PartnershipAs I answered to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, I will absolutely take that back to the Home Office and see what can be done.19 Oct 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: MisconductThe noble Lord asks a number of questions and invites a number of responses. I shall confine myself to the data that he asked for at the end—and I am grateful to him for giving me…19 Oct 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: MisconductThe noble Lord makes some sensible suggestions and I refer back to the review that I referenced in my Answer to the original Question. I will quote the Statement made by the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: MisconductObviously, I cannot commit to that, but I think the noble Lord makes some very sensible points. As I have said already in answering this Question, I am very encouraged by Sir Mark…19 Oct 2022HANSARDStatement of Changes in Immigration RulesMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for all the contributions that have been made during this debate, which, as has been observed, was very wide-ranging. There are obviously significant…19 Oct 2022HANSARDRwanda Asylum PartnershipMy Lords, I have already stated that we are of the firm opinion that Rwanda complies with international law. I go back to my earlier answer: under the scheme I described earlier,…19 Oct 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: MisconductI could not agree more with my noble friend and I am grateful for the opportunity to pay tribute to the vast majority of our police men and women in the Met and indeed across the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: MisconductAgain, I am afraid that I do entirely agree. It is also worth pointing out that the noble Lord omitted to mention the split of responsibility between the Home Office, the Mayor of…19 Oct 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: MisconductI am afraid that I am going to disappoint the noble Baroness and not agree with her, but I am going to say that I think that the Metropolitan Police Service’s response to the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDRwanda Asylum PartnershipI remind noble Lords that Rwanda is a state party to the 1951 UN refugee convention and the seven core UN human rights conventions. It is also worth pointing out that, in…19 Oct 2022HANSARDCrime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022My Lords, in an increasingly interconnected world where crime knows no borders, international co-operation that promotes justice and helps to keep the British public safe has…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCrime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022The noble Lord is quite right and is just in time. Scotland will need to make its own order as this power is delegated. Officials from the Scottish Government and the Crown Office…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCrime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022I am reluctant to comment on the Explanatory Memorandum, simply because I have not read it. It sounds like it is, from what the noble Lord has said. I will seek clarification on…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCrime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022.18 Oct 2022HANSARDCrime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022My Lords, I should say I thank all noble Lords, but I can be specific: I thank the noble Lords, Lord Coaker and Lord Paddick, for contributing to this debate. As I set out at the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Alterations to the Search Powers Code for England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2022My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Vere, I beg to move the Motion standing in her name on the Order Paper.17 Oct 2022HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Alterations to the Search Powers Code for England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2022That the draft Order laid before the House on 18 July be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 11 October .17 Oct 2022HANSARDCorruption in the United KingdomI apologise to the noble Lord; I will have to ask the relevant Minister what he meant by that. I have not read that particular statement, so I cannot help him. As I was saying,…13 Oct 2022