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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will also speak to Motions A1, C and C1. Motion A1 relates to Lords Amendment 1D, which seeks to ensure that the eventual Act has due regard for international law, the…16 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it will be by the implementation of these steps by the Government of Rwanda and the establishment of the very processes to which I have referred your Lordships. It is…16 Apr 2024HANSARDLitigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]My Lords, the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill will fulfil the Government’s commitment to address the impacts of the United Kingdom Supreme Court’s judgment in…15 Apr 2024HANSARDLitigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]That the Bill be read a second time.15 Apr 2024HANSARDLitigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all those noble Lords who participated in this debate. I am grateful in particular to the noble Lords, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Lord Marks of…15 Apr 2024HANSARDLitigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]As always, the noble Baroness has fulfilled a valuable public service. On the question from the noble Lord, Lord Meston, on the scope of the Bill, the view of the Public Bill…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate, as I am for their contributions throughout the progress of the Bill through your Lordships’…20 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 1, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 1A.20 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will speak also to Motions A1, C, D and D1. Motion A relates to Lords Amendment 1B, which adds to the Bill’s purpose, seeking to ensure that the eventual Act maintains…20 Mar 2024HANSARDPrisons and Probation: Foreign National OffendersMy Lords, in order to respond to the points made by the noble Lords, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, it is as well that the House reminds itself of…13 Mar 2024HANSARDPrisons and Probation: Foreign National OffendersI am grateful to the noble Lord for clarifying certain of the remarks that he made initially and putting them down into two specific questions. I regret to say that they fall…13 Mar 2024HANSARDPrisons and Probation: Foreign National OffendersI hear what the noble Lord has said. He makes a series of good points and we will write to him on those. I will ensure that those specific matters feature in the letter.13 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the Israeli case to which the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, referred was—I make this point first—a completely different circumstance from the provisions set out…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIn that event, as with any adverse decision, I think, the Government would have to reserve their right to consider the matter, but the position is as I have stated, and we are…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I think, with respect to the noble and learned Baroness, that that point has been canvassed extensively on previous occasions. As we set out on Monday, the legislation…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillOh, she is. Well, while she did not press the point again, there was none the less a Green-wedge approach, which included my noble friend Lord Deben, attacking the stance of the…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I will respond first to Amendment 44ZA, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Dodds of Duncairn, which…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the answer to the noble Lord’s question is “imminently”. Returning to the correspondence with the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, I quote from that letter that bears my…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI regret to say that I am not privy to that information directly. I hear the point that the noble Lord raises, and, if he will permit, I will write to him to set out in…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt would be in circumstances where compliance is not possible. Turning to Amendment 37 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker—06 Mar 2024