Illegal Migration Bill

My Lords, I would like to come back to the points I raised in the first group, because they are t...

My Lords, I wonder whether I could come back to some of the questions the noble Lord failed to an...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord German has clearly set out why Clause 1 should not be stand part o...

My Lords, I will just add my voice to the requests from various noble Lords across the Chamber fo...

My Lords, Clause 1 sets out the Bill’s overarching purpose and provides an overview of the provis...

The noble Lord has made two points. I am particularly asking about this sentence in the Governmen...

The answer to the question, if I have understood the noble Lord, is yes, but I think he misinterp...

My Lords, I wonder whether the Minister can help me on this. The “strained decisions” of the cour...

The context of a strained decision, as the noble and learned Baroness will be aware, are circumst...

My Lords, the Minister is a persistent non-answerer of questions; I am a persistent asker of ques...

The noble Lord does repeatedly ask questions, and I repeatedly answer them. As he identifies, the...

And the second question, please?

I believe I have answered both the noble Lord’s questions.

The second question was: could the Minister please tell us that the phrase that he used, which wa...

That is consistent with the normal practice in statute.

My Lords, perhaps I might come back to the question asked by the noble and learned Baroness, Lady...

As I said, I will be writing to the noble and learned Baroness, but the House will recall that th...

Following-up on my question about impact assessment, the Minister says that the Government do not...

The Government do not recognise the figures in the purported impact assessments provided by the b...

What is the Minister’s definition of “soon”, which he said was when we would receive the impact a...

The impact assessment will be provided when the decision is taken that it is appropriate to discl...

Oh!

Does the Minister therefore think that it is appropriate that the body which is deciding about th...

I am afraid that I can tell the noble Lord only that it will be published in due course and that ...

Frankly, this is unacceptable. Without being rude, I say that the Committee must at some point ha...

To add to that, we should have had a child rights impact assessment. That is supposed to be done ...

The House knows my position. I have obviously heard what the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the nob...

Moved by

Lord Carlile of Berriew

6: Clause 2, page 3, line 26, leave out “7 March 202...

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 6, which stands in my name. There are some other amendments ass...

I heap plaudits on the shoulders of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew. That was worthy of a...

My Lords, I am glad to have been able to add my name to the noble Lord’s amendments. I am gratefu...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for having run a trailer for the ques...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 12, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick...

My Lords, I ought to apologise to the Committee. I failed to say that I was unable to speak at Se...

The noble and learned Baroness makes a very strong case and I give her my full support.

My ...

My Lords, I agree with everything that has been said so far, but I will focus on the opposition t...

My Lords, I do not wish to delay the House for long, especially given the excellent speeches we h...

My Lords, I apologise for not being able to take part at Second Reading. I shall speak to Amendme...

My Lords, I speak in favour of the amendments in this group, including my Amendment 8; I thank th...

My Lords, I will quickly speak on Amendment 12, otherwise I fear there will not be a second voice...

My Lords, I have co-signed the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile or Berriew, ...

My Lords, I can be very brief. I have one amendment in this group, Amendment 39, which raises the...

My Lords, I am puzzled by Amendment 6 and the reasons given by some of your Lordships for opposin...

The noble Baroness has had quite a lot to say today about the wishes of the people of this countr...

I thank the noble Lord for his question. As far as I can see, the Bill was published on 7 March. ...

In Calais?

I think the noble Lord is not aware of the very good access to news which people coming to this c...

My Lords, I will go where I was going without being distracted. I am aware that there is no Green...

My Lords, there are two matters in this group that are in my name, but I shall address just one o...

My Lords, this group covers a wide range of amendments concerning the duty to make arrangements f...

My Lords, much of what I want to say about Clause 2 standing part of the Bill will be reflected i...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, said, echoed by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, C...

Can the Minister explain why in that case the Nationality and Borders Act does not have a retrosp...

Certainly. The structure of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 was very different. It was not a...

I apologise to the Minister for intervening at this late hour. If I understand him correctly, it ...

No, I am sorry to say. Clearly the position is not that in every case where there is a change in ...

The Minister is beginning to address the question that I have raised twice: why should we accept ...

I thank the noble Baroness for that intervention. The reality is that the Government take legal a...

The Minister has latched on to the wrong point—not the point that the UNHCR has made again and ag...

I am afraid that I again find myself at odds with the noble Lord. The reality is that the UN itse...

The Minister says there is no requirement in the convention for a convention state to handle an a...

That is entirely correct, yes. Their asylum claim will be determined by the Government of Rwanda....

My Lords, there was an issue about adoption of a child who came to this country, or came in the w...

Forgive me: as I thought I said, the status of a child born in the UK to a woman who meets the co...

The Minister talked about an amendment that I had co-signed. Was it Amendment 132?

It was Amendment 137.

Sorry—I will look and check that it covers the point.

The Minister, not to my surprise, did not address my question about what happens after the electi...

I am afraid the structure of the Bill is that it creates a duty on the Secretary of State. That i...

I am very grateful to the Minister for his patience, but it is not quite right that that is the r...

Clearly, the intent is to send a message—that people really must not make these dangerous journey...

Could I ask that the Minister copies everyone who took part in this debate into the letter he is ...

I will certainly place a copy in the Library of the House. I hope that suffices. I am sure that m...

Before the noble Lord stands up again, I feel I should bring this debate to a close. I am gratefu...