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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendment 49, which was opened in detail by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton. Therefore, and also because we are on Report, I can be…11 Mar 2024HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, I will try to assist the Senior Deputy Speaker and highlight the issue. I certainly understand the problem when you are dealing with a charge in overseas jurisdictions.…28 Feb 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws, even, or perhaps especially, when we disagree. I want to focus on Clause 3(7), which…20 Feb 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI loathe Itamar Ben-Gvir and his rhetoric and want to see that sort of rhetoric out of Israel and out of everywhere. But let us be real: when people opposed apartheid, they were…20 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the ancient court known as the Sanhedrin, at its full complement, sat with 71 judges and had a rule that the most junior judge would give judgment first. I understand…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillOf course they are rights that have been recognised for a very long time, but that was not the point being put to me, as I understood it. On the property point, if you have…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am sorry; that is totally different, because the courts—I will give way to the noble Baroness.14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt does not work if the noble Lord shouts at me when he is sitting down. I am happy to give way. I hear what he says—that it is the right to asylum in the UK, and I am…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe right is to make a claim for asylum. That is the vested right absolutely. The right is the right to asylum.14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillA very good touchstone of when lawyers realise that—if I may respectfully say—the argument does not quite work is when they start referring to spirits of things. With great…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I also note the Clock and I will make points on the two headings. The first is on Amendment 81 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. The basis for it,…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy Lords, we have been having discussions about the process which will lead to peace, but we need to start the process. In order to start the process, do we not need to recognise…30 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wilson of Dinton, with his vast experience of Whitehall and the formation of policy. I want to concentrate on…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to support the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, in this amendment, which he has proposed extremely clearly; I can therefore be relatively brief.…24 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementI know that this is a legalistic point, but that is the thing about the Supreme Court: it tends to make them. It went out of its way to say that the UNHCR is not interpreting the…22 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementMy Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, who I know will appreciate, although I think he and I will disagree on this topic, that I…22 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael/GazaMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of York. I pay tribute to him for his public statement last Monday and in particular for his message…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy Lords, we have heard a lot about moral clarity and we have also heard some references to the United Nations. I suggest that the United Nations finds a little moral clarity. On…23 Oct 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, we have heard two different reasons for the proposed Motion from the noble Lord, Lord Faulks. He said that it was to give the courts a gentle nudge, but my noble friend…18 Oct 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillMy Lords, I assure noble Lords that the shortness of my remarks now does not reflect the importance of the Bill: this is an important, focused Bill and a valuable contribution to…18 Sept 2023