Immigration Bill

I beg to move that this House do not insist on its Amendment 84 and do agree with the Commons in ...

Moved by

Lord Ramsbotham

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for the care with which he has set out the Governmen...

The original Question was that Motion A be agreed to, since when Amendment A1 has been moved to,<...

My Lords, many of your Lordships will have negotiated a variety of agreements and arrangements, b...

In the Commons last night, the government Minister confirmed that the Government accepted that th...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, made a powerful speech. I will say a word in response ...

My Lords, I, too, support Motion A. I will confine myself to three comparatively brief points. Fi...

My Lords, I will not repeat all the arguments but, as a member of the all-party inquiry, I suppor...

My Lords, I am obliged to noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I acknowledge the w...

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken, not least to my noble and learned friend Lo...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendme...

My Lords, the Government have continued to listen carefully to the concerns expressed in both Hou...

Moved by

Baroness Lister of Burtersett

My Lords, I wish I could warmly welcome government Amendments 85D to 85I, given that they go a sm...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, although I would say to her that there are r...

My Lords, I shall detail the House only briefly. I am most concerned about this issue. I fear tha...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly to support the amendment moved so well by the noble Baroness,...

Perhaps I could add to the point just made and express the hope that the noble and learned Lord w...

My Lords, I will begin by answering the question just posed by the noble Lord, Lord Rosser. The p...

I am sorry to interrupt, but there was a specific question there: if that is the case, why is “ve...

In the context of drafting statutory provision, it was not considered that the addition of such w...

With respect to the noble and learned Lord, as a matter of English language, there is a word “exc...

With respect, the noble Lord makes my point for me. It is questionable whether there is any disti...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I wish to pursue this issue. There must be a difference, o...

I do not accept that. The purpose of the policy guidance is to lend emphasis to the test that is ...

I am grateful to the Minister. He will recall that he has been asked by three of us about those w...

I did say that the relevant provision was not distinguished by its elegance. However, if noble Lo...

Forgive me for intervening once more, but I do not feel at all confident about the question of in...

I had rather summed up, but I can say to the noble Lord, Lord Winston, that of course there are e...

Can I make the Minister an offer? He is obviously as uncomfortable as I am with the drafting of t...

With respect to the noble Baroness, “It means what I say—it does not say what I mean” may be her ...

My Lords, I am very grateful to everyone who has spoken, and particularly to my noble friend Lord...