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HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationBoth the Prime Minister and I have expressed the importance of safe and legal routes. We are seeking to take a range of actions at the same time. The Prime Minister was absolutely…14 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationObviously, the Government in their other policies would like to see people who are not economically active coming back into work. I must take issue with the noble Lord, who I…14 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy Lords, I accept what my noble friend says about the challenge of finding accommodation and the challenge that sometimes our charity is dispersed rather than immediate in…14 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy Lords, I think the agreement with Albania was very welcome on both sides. I cannot give the House a specific number or figure, but I will take the noble Lord’s question away.…14 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThe answer, I hope, is yes. I would say that, would I not, as a former leader of a local authority? I think that local authorities have a very important role to play here. I think…14 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy Lords, my noble friend is sitting alongside me and the easiest thing for me to do, rather than turning to him and asking him now, would be to ask him later. I regret if the…14 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI think that my noble friend, with his typical ingenuity, invites me to anticipate what will be in the legislation when it comes. What I would say, obviously, is that the…14 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness opposite for their comments. Amid all the criticisms and expressions of disappointment at things that have happened so far,…14 Dec 2022HANSARDParliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 22 November be approved. Relevant document: 21st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…14 Dec 2022HANSARDParliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022My Lords, these regulations were laid before the House on 22 November and, if agreed, will give legal effect to the decision of both Houses, taken in July of this year, to pass…13 Dec 2022HANSARDParliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022My Lords, I fear that I have trodden too widely. This is not a debate about me personally—God forbid. Nor is it about the wider culture that my noble friend asserts exists. I have…13 Dec 2022HANSARDParliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022My Lords, that is an important challenge. On the local authority that I once had the honour to lead, one of the first things I did was ensure that items of spending over a certain…13 Dec 2022HANSARDParliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022. Relevant document: 21st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…13 Dec 2022HANSARDParliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken in this debate. I must say, as a fairly recent tenant of the office of Leader of the House of Lords—it is a tenancy—I am…13 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillThat, notwithstanding the resolution of this House of 4 July, it be an instruction to the Joint Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill that it should report by 13 January 2023…06 Dec 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 44 ( No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day ) be dispensed with on Monday 5 December to allow the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill to be…01 Dec 2022HANSARDCounsellors of State Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, presses his amendment with good intent. He has expressed his views at every stage of this process with the utmost civility and…23 Nov 2022HANSARDCounsellors of State Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for putting this matter before us. Perhaps it would not be inappropriate at the start to…23 Nov 2022HANSARDCounsellors of State Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. I again place on record, as I did at an earlier stage, my gratitude to His Majesty’s Official Opposition and the…23 Nov 2022HANSARDCounsellors of State Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.23 Nov 2022