Contributions
561 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank all contributors to this important debate. I acknowledge at the outset the feeling around the House as to the importance of these matters, so powerfully put…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIf I may, I will revert to the noble Lord’s point in the course of my submission; the specific questions that he raised will need some detail, which I do not have to hand but hope…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am sorry: by “briefly” I did not intend to suggest that I was about to sit down, however welcome that may be to the House. I am, however, grateful to noble Lords for…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe point I was seeking to make by that expression is, I think, the same one that my noble friend Lord Wolfson of Tredegar made earlier, when he spoke about this—it is as familiar…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 January be approved. Relevant document: 27th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI hear from all sides of the Chamber, including from the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti—10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillNo, I think the noble Lord is correct. It is 30 days for the alignment with ECAT, but the 45 days appears in the guidance, and we commit to providing support over that period: a…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions. The amendments in large part concern provisions around the identification of modern slavery and trafficking…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I do not wish to appear to give a cursory answer to the noble Lord in a debate of this sensitivity, but my noble friend Lord Wolfson of Tredegar committed to write on…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe justification is to ensure clarity across the legislation, and I appreciate the comment made by the right reverend Prelate, and rehearsed by my noble friend, about advantages…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I hear the points that the noble Lord makes. With respect, it seems that he moves forward into a question already put to my noble friend Lord Wolfson of Tredegar when he…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillSorry, I do not mean once again from the Dispatch Box to rain brickbats upon the noble Baroness’s head. Once again, I am not in a position to answer or explain myself on the basis…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to my noble friend for her intervention, which permits me the opportunity of not only repeating what I said from the Dispatch Box earlier about the importance of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy noble friend sends me back to the dictionary. I shall include the use of that word in my reading later, among the other things which I expect I will be asked to reflect on. I…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe noble Lord shrugged his shoulders, but I repeat that the justification for this is to align with our international obligations with our partners in ECAT.10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to my noble friend for that, and I beg the pardon of the noble and learned Baroness for not addressing her question directly. If she is content, I will have that…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am obliged.10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, in opening from the Front Bench, the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, made a number of points in relation to the position of the Government in relation to the one-nation…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for that intervention. I was proposing to deal later with the expression “bad faith” and its source, but, to help him at this stage, it is not…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIf the noble Baroness will bear with me, I will seek to get an answer to that question that I can deliver in the course of the debate—doubtless the Committee will remind me if I…10 Feb 2022