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HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]23 Jan 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I offer my thanks to the noble Lords, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Lord Fox, and Lord West of Spithead, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, for their…23 Jan 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]I cannot say whether or not that someone will be the Prime Minister at the moment. As I said, the Government are clear that the MoU review is the correct forum to discuss relevant…23 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationMy Lords, the noble Baroness asks a good question. We understand the importance of specialist services in providing the tailored support that victims and survivors of domestic…22 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementThe answer to the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, is when we have the treaty and the Bill, and the Rwandans have passed their laws. That is when. As I was saying, this begs the…22 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementLast week the Prime Minister urged the Opposition in the House of Lords to get on board and do the right thing to stop the boats. They have a choice tonight: push this amendment…22 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementMy Lords, I think I just did. I will go over it again. As I said, the Home Secretary, cannot say that it is more likely to be compatible than not. That is not the same as the…22 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationThe right reverend Prelate will be aware that, if they do, they are not subject to immigration action—a subject that has been talked about a number of times from the Dispatch Box.22 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationMy Lords, I have already gone through a number of the programmes that have been put in place, many of which started only in 2022. I do not think it is fair to characterise the…22 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationI cannot answer the last part of the noble Baroness’s question, but I can say that last week we hosted at the Home Office GREVIO, the organisation looking at our compliance with…22 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationMy noble friend raises some very good points. It links into part of the question put to me by the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, which I did not answer: about the police response…22 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementMy Lords, I am grateful for this debate and all the contributions that have been made. The Rwanda partnership and the treaty underpinning it, providing its foundations, if you…22 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementIf the noble Lord will indulge me, I have a long way to go and I hope to get to all of his questions. To question the treaty’s effect is to question both parties’ commitment to…22 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationThe noble Baroness makes a good point. Obviously, I cannot comment on individual cases or indeed on the operational aspects of this. The criminal justice system will have to look…22 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationMy Lords, I am short on the detail of that specific programme, but in March 2022, we published the cross-government Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan , which invested more than £230…22 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementI was just getting to that. As regards children where the age-assessment results are not conclusive, the Home Office will treat an individual claiming to be a child as an adult…22 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationMy Lords, domestic homicide is a horrific crime that disproportionately impacts women. The Home Office homicide index shows that 22% of the 249 female victims recorded between…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2024That the draft Order laid before the House on 15 January be approved. Relevant document: 8th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee18 Jan 2024HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, I am grateful to the House for its consideration of this draft order, which will see Hizb ut-Tahrir proscribed. It may be helpful if I start by setting out some…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, I thank the three noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. I would very much like to associate myself with the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, thanking…18 Jan 2024