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HANSARDFamily Migration (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I declare my interests as laid out in the register, both with the RAMP project and RESET. I am pleased to speak today following the helpful and insightful report from…20 Sept 2023HANSARDA Failure of Implementation (Children and Families Act 2014 Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, for securing this debate, and the whole Children and Families Act Committee for its work on this excellent report and for…06 Sept 2023HANSARDAsylum Applications BacklogReturning to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, how long does the Home Office consider a reasonable length of time for an asylum seeker to provide reasons and evidence…06 Sept 2023HANSARDSchools: AbsenteeismMy Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the National Society and thank the Minister for visiting the north-east recently. The Church of England has just published a…20 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 4, to which I have put my name and which I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, for leading on, and to Amendment 7, to which my right…11 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the will of the people often gets quoted—for instance, by the noble Baronesses, Lady Stowell and Lady Lawlor. Many of us work on the ground with refugees and people who…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI was about to sit down, but I will note that. I beg to move.05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 156A and 161. Due to a technicality, Amendments 156 and 157 were not formally withdrawn, but they will be withdrawn, so it is Amendment…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I again note my interests as laid out in the register. I will speak to Amendment 162. In Committee, I explained the well-intentioned nature of this amendment and hoped…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank the Minister for his careful response. First, I note his comments, and accept his points, on Amendment 161. I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, and the noble…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as laid out in the register. I will speak to Amendment 89, and I am grateful to my noble friends from differing Benches—the noble Lords, Lord…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIt is my wish to test the mind of the House because the Minister has not answered some of the questions, and my concerns remain. Some of us have not seen a copy of the letter that…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill03 Jul 2023HANSARDLocal Government: Reinvigorating Local DemocracyWill those accountability agreements also be in reverse? In my experience with the high streets fund and the stronger towns fund, a lot of the delays happened at the central…15 Jun 2023HANSARDLocal Government: Reinvigorating Local DemocracyMy Lords, as Bishop of Durham it is my privilege to work with seven local authorities—Hartlepool; Darlington and Stockton, which are part of the whole Teesside set-up; County…15 Jun 2023HANSARDLocal Government: Reinvigorating Local DemocracyI apologise, but I did ask a specific question about the use of citizens’ assemblies, which the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, was kind enough to support. I wonder if the…15 Jun 2023HANSARDNottingham IncidentMy Lords, I begin by conveying apologies from the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, who has rightly decided that being on the ground in Nottingham…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDementia Palliative Care TeamsMy Lords, to go back to the voluntary sector, many churches are working on becoming dementia-friendly churches as part of dementia-friendly communities. How might this spread out…15 Jun 2023