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HANSARDStatement of Changes in Immigration RulesWith respect, I did. It is all very well to lob accusations of a lack of courtesy, but I do not think that is entirely fair. I think I dealt with the House with a great deal of…14 May 2024HANSARDRussiaOn the first part of my noble friend’s question, I do not know the precise answer to whether or not we can act unilaterally. I imagine that that is the case, but I would question…14 May 2024HANSARDRussiaI thank both noble Lords for their remarks. I will briefly outline a few highlights, as it were, from the Statement given by the Home Secretary last week, because it has been a…14 May 2024HANSARDRussiaI am afraid that I do not have information on that. I shall write to the noble Lord.14 May 2024HANSARDRussiaMy noble friend raises a poignant and pertinent issue. Of course, our sympathies go to the parents of those children. Is there much else that I can say? I am afraid that I do not…14 May 2024HANSARDStatement of Changes in Immigration RulesMy Lords, I thank noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. Before I get to do the “bad cop” thing, I ask the noble Lord, Lord Empey, to send me Mr Ferguson’s details, and I…14 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageI answered the noble Lord’s question in that I genuinely do not know, so I shall write. As far as I can tell, the noble Baroness’s question ranged from matters of diplomacy to…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageAgain, I am not particularly qualified to comment on Portugal’s internal systems and processes. Perhaps, since he lives there, the noble Viscount could bring his considerable…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageFirst, I say again, for the record, that this was not an outage that we have seen before but a unique situation; I say this just to shoot that particular fox. My noble friend…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageI thank my noble friend for that, and I am delighted that he did not get caught in the disruption last week. As I said in my opening answer to the Front Benches opposite, the…13 May 2024HANSARDModern Slavery National Referral Mechanism: Waiting TimesWhat I recognise is that this is very complicated. Referrals into the national referral mechanism are made by a number of public authorities, including the police, local…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageI will repeat what I said earlier: there is no relation to any previous incident. In effect, I am being asked to unpick what my right honourable friend in the other place might…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageI thank the noble Lord for his positivity, and I could not agree with him more. It is perfectly possibly now to get off a plane and, if you do not have luggage, to be out of an…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageI can reassure the noble Viscount that I am being honest. The simple fact is that this is not a repetition of the previous outage, which was unrelated to this capacity issue. The…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageAs I have already said, I do not know to what my right honourable friend in the other House was referring when he talked about updates, so I am afraid I do not know whether I have…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageYes, I will also check on that. I did not know about the Amadeus takeover of this particular Portuguese company, but I will make further inquiries and, if there is more to be…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageI will address the last points first. As I said, it was not a software issue that caused this particular outage, so I can deal with that relatively straightforwardly. As regards…13 May 2024HANSARDPassport e-Gates Network OutageI thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their questions, which I will endeavour to answer. I join them in thanking all the Border Force officers for their efforts. On a…13 May 2024HANSARDImmigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2024That the draft Order laid before the House on 11 March be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 7 May .13 May 2024HANSARDModern Slavery National Referral Mechanism: Waiting TimesI go back to an earlier answer I gave, that these are extraordinarily complex cases and, therefore, the guidance has to be refined in light of those cases periodically. I do not…13 May 2024