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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the noble Baroness for that intervention. I am going to come on to a number of those points subsequently. In terms of cost, I am told it will be competitive with…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords very much for participating in this short but powerful debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, and second the point of view…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI completely understand the point that the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, is making. I promise him that I am sticking very closely to the script. I am well aware of that. I think I have…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank the noble Viscount—sort of. There will be no hard border. As I said, there is not going to be a hard border in Northern Ireland, and within the CTA there is effectively no…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, again, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this debate, and I thank all noble Lords who signed this amendment. I understand that their concerns centre…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe noble Viscount raises an extremely important point, but that is a matter for the consultation. I stress that it will be published soon—I promise.10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI very much thank all noble Lords for participating in this debate. In particular, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig of Radley, for…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIt will not surprise the noble Lord that I will have to write to him with those details, if I can get them; I do not have them.10 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseI thank the noble Baroness for her question. I cannot answer the question about how food is sourced; that is well beyond my remit. But I can say that we are supporting life-saving…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseI thank the noble Lord for his important question. As I said, we are strongly supportive of the announcement of the international pledging conference that is being organised by…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseI can certainly try, and I am sure many noble Lords, like me, received a rather harrowing email on the subject of a particular individual who is currently stuck in Pakistan. In…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseI thank the noble Lord for his question—actually, it was more than one. I think I said at the start that the £286 million will be disbursed by the end of the financial year. It…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseI am afraid I do not have the answers to those questions. I will have to write to the noble Lord to give him an update.09 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement an Answer given to an Urgent Question in another place. The Statement is as follows: “The…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseI think my noble friend is following on from the question from the noble Lord, Lord Collins. Of course, I agree. In a perfect world it would be nice to do that—but I cannot…09 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am not sure that I can answer that question.08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for tabling Amendment 138, which I will deal with first. Before the introduction of the new points-based system, the Government…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this brief debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, for her amendments, which would insert two new clauses…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London for having tabled their Amendments 124A and 140, and for again giving the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank my noble friend for that intervention. I remember the debate on the fact that it is not a statutory body. I also remember that it is being reviewed at the moment, I think…08 Feb 2022