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HANSARDOperation SoteriaMy Lords, I do not have to hand the information that the noble Baroness seeks, but I undertake to write to her. I am aware of the existence of SARCs. They came in and were located…13 Jul 2023HANSARDOperation SoteriaMy Lords, I am happy to say that my professional arc and that of the noble Lord have coincided, so he and I share experiences in this field. The point the noble Lord makes is—as…13 Jul 2023HANSARDOperation SoteriaMy Lords, the Operation Soteria principles in relation to this field are directed to improving every aspect of rape prosecution and the management of people complaining of those…13 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 102, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 102A.12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the debates we have had on safe and legal routes and their importance. As has been stated hitherto, the Government are committed to providing safe and…12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, we do not characterise the time taken properly to consider the identification and implementation of safe and legal routes as being in any sense a delay. Rather, it is a…12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Amendment 168 moved by the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, seeks to confer on the National Crime Agency a specific function in respect of tackling organised immigration crime…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, these amendments go to the issue of whether it is safe to remove a person to a country listed in Schedule 1. It remains the Government’s view that these amendments are…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I can be relatively brief in explaining these government amendments. In short, they either respond to recommendations by the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I repeat the point. The Government retain discretion to enter into agreements and discretion in relation to the level of detail to be shared.28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I suspect that nothing I could say from the Dispatch Box will alter the fixed purpose of the noble and learned Lord in any event, but I do repeat my undertaking to write…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, of course, for his intervention. It seems to me that the point he raises is one that calls for a degree of…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as I stated at the outset, the position is that the provisions for the ability of people to bring applications for serious harm suspensive claims allow for scrutiny of…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIn setting the benchmark for countries that are safe for persons to be sent to, the Government are looking at it from the point of view of the objectives of the Bill. We are not…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe guidance furnished by the Foreign Office to British citizens for travelling is a separate matter from the guidance upon which the Government are relying in the present case. I…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs the noble and learned Lord will be aware, the Rwanda litigation found it to be the case that Rwanda was safe. Beyond that, in relation to the sources of information, the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, in the making of the serious harm suspensive claim, those individual circumstances would be outlined.28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I do not think I did. The point I am making is that the serious harm suspensive claim in connection with Clause 38 makes it clear that persecution and onward refoulement…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI hope to be able to provide that reassurance. Again, with reference to the important point that the noble Lord takes up, which is fully appreciated by the Government Front Bench,…28 Jun 2023