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HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024My Lords, the order before us adds zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes to the list of prohibited offensive weapons, by amending the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive…18 Apr 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024. Relevant document: 12th Report from the…18 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningI thank my noble friend for that. That is a long-overdue compliment to the passport service, which has been operating extraordinarily efficiently now for quite some time. I…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningMy Lords, I am not entirely sure what the noble Lord would like me to say. As I have repeatedly said, this is an EU system being rolled out by the EU. I am neither optimistic nor…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningI thank my noble friend.17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningAs I have said, I am afraid that this is a system being applied by the EU. It is not for us to say how it is applied; it is for it. However, coaches have already been dealt with…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningI think I agreed with the noble Lord, Lord West, only last week, that that is a good point. I have taken it back to the department and have no answer for him.17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningMy Lords, considerable investment is going into the queues at Dover. Noble Lords may be aware that the Department for Transport has provisionally awarded £45 million of…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningNo, I do not believe that there will. As I say, this system is being operated and introduced by the European Union, so we have limited say in whether there should be transitional…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningThe EES replaces passport stamping: it registers the time and place of entry and exit of third-country nationals to the Schengen area and digitally records biodata—as the noble…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningMy Lords, the European entry/exit system—EES—is ultimately for EU member states to implement, but, to minimise delays for British citizens, the Government have engaged on it…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningThe first thing it will do will be to ease traffic. I imagine that will be of enormous benefit to the people of Dover.17 Apr 2024HANSARDEU Borders: Hand and Face ScanningThe noble Baroness will appreciate that, as a Home Office Minister, I am not party to those discussions, but I will go back to the relevant department and find out, and make sure…17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMoved by That this House do not insist on its Amendment 6D, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 6E.17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 1D, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 1E.17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion D; I beg to move. Motion D1 (as an amendment to Motion D)17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMoved by That this House do not insist on its Amendment 10D, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 10E.17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion C; I beg to move.17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion B. I beg to move. Motion B1 (as an amendment to Motion B)17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this relatively short debate. The House of Commons has now considered and rejected these amendments on several…17 Apr 2024