Illegal Migration Bill

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Alton unfortunately cannot be with us today and has asked me to sp...

My Lords, I have Amendment 85D in this group and have added my name to Amendment 85C from the nob...

My Lords, Amendment 88 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, is supported by my right rever...

My Lords, all the amendments in this group are very serious contributions to improving the Bill, ...

My Lords, I have tabled Amendments 97 and 98 in respect of Clauses 27 and 28. I commend the repor...

My Lords, many Peers spoke at Second Reading about their concerns over the modern slavery amendme...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly, but I hope strongly, to support the intention of the noble Baron...

My Lords, I start by declaring an interest as the deputy chair of the Human Trafficking Foundatio...

My Lords, I was present at Second Reading but was prevented from taking part for medical reasons....

My Lords, it would be entirely appropriate to support virtually all of these amendments, which ha...

My Lords, I also support the amendments in this group, but at the start I would perhaps add two c...

My Lords, I am a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The report, as others have mentio...

My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 86 in particular, but I fully endorse other effort...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Randall’s Amendment 86, to which I am delighted to have ...

My Lords, allow me to add a few words about law enforcement. It seems to me that the problems the...

The strongest argument, apart from the legal and moral arguments, is the practical one that has j...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kerr. I agree with him about that form ...

My Lords, I declare my interests with RAMP and Reset and, like the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, did a...

My Lords, I support Amendments 86 and 90. No one wants to see abuse of modern slavery legislation...

My Lords, as was pointed out by the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, not one speaker has supp...

My Lords, as I have repeatedly set out, we need bold and radical action to tackle the dangerous, ...

The Minister is making a very bold proposition when he says that Article 30 gives the Government ...

It was Article 13(3). The events which the Government say warrant the grounds of public order whi...

What does my noble friend say to the statement that what is being done here is in effect dismantl...

I am afraid I do not agree with my noble friend. These provisions are strictly limited to deal wi...

Sorry—it has taken me a little while to contemplate but is the Minister effectively saying that t...

As the right reverend Prelate will appreciate, it is the experience of litigators that the use of...

With respect to the Minister, that is not quite what I was asking. Absolutely, it is happening, b...

That all depends on the facts of each particular case, As I say, that is what will be considered ...

Would the Minister accept that, given the extreme sensitivity of persuading victims in these cate...

I am afraid I do not accept that, because of the advances in technology that I have already descr...

Does the Minister not understand that for a victim of crime who is in effect persecuted by the Go...

One would hope that a victim of trafficking would want to facilitate the prosecution of their tra...

Before the Minister sits down, will he do the usual thing, which is to answer reasonable question...

I had in mind the sage words of the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, in the House last week. As the no...

My Lords, earlier when referring to ECAT provisions in relation to the amendments I brought forwa...

Obviously I hear what the noble Baroness says. Clearly the public order disqualification is capab...

I wonder whether my noble friend would consider my invitation. If I can arrange it, will he come ...

Well, I would be very happy to meet the noble Lord, with or without such a victim, to discuss his...

I asked the Minister whether he would meet a victim of modern slavery.

I would be happy to do that too, as I said.

My Lords, I asked the Minister three questions and, not to my great surprise, I did not get answe...

I am afraid I cannot comment on what might or might not be in the impact assessment.

My Lords, rather than make a lot of different remarks, let me just say this: in my honest opinion...

Hear, hear.

I will withdraw the amendment on that basis.

Moved by

Baroness Ludford

92A: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, as was mentioned, the noble Lord, Lord Alton, is not able to be here today, but I join ...

Yes.

I hear the noble Lord, Lord Deben, who knows those processes. They would take evidence and scruti...

My Lords, I am proud to have signed Amendment 120 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford...

My Lords, Clause 54 provides that, under the Bill, recipients of removal notices will have access...

My Lords, as my noble friend Lady Ludford said, proper scrutiny of the Bill rests with this House...

My Lords, this group of amendments looks at legal aid in the context of the Bill. Prior to a remo...

My Lords, it is always a rewarding experience to find oneself largely in agreement with some of t...

My Lords, I do not want to take us back to the impact assessment issue, but it would certainly be...

My Lords, I hear what the noble Lord says. It is an entirely reasonable question. I will take it ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome Clause 54 being put into the Bill—it is b...

Moved by

Lord Coaker

93: Clause 22, page 27, line 36, leave out subsection (2)

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My Lords, I will not take a great deal of time on this group because quite a number of the points...

My Lords, as the proposer of Amendment 96, I have no problems with any of the other amendments in...

My Lords, I support Amendment 94 and the intention of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the ri...

My Lords, I rise to support the removal of Clauses 22 to 24 and 27, as proposed by the noble Baro...

My Lords, I am not going to repeat the points that I made on the first group because they apply i...

My Lords, a number of years ago, I chaired an inquiry in Scotland for the Equality and Human Righ...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly as a co-signatory to Amendment 96, tabled by the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, said when he introduced this group of amendments, it is...

My Lords, as we have heard, this group of amendments relates to the provision of support to poten...

Will the Minister confirm that support for people who have been trafficked and involved in modern...

No, I am afraid that is not the view of the Government. These provisions are in a measure that re...

My Lords—

Forgive me, but I am just answering this point. So it is the Government’s view that the provision...

The specific issue that was raised was about support for victims of human trafficking, which clea...

I agree with the noble Lord that, in that context, the Assembly had competence to consider those ...

Before the Minister sits down and the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, jumps up, could I ask the Minister...

I am happy to confirm that the noble Baroness is right.

My understanding is that the measures are compatible with the Windsor Framework, but I will take ...

My Lords, I thank those who contributed to the debate. I will come to the more general point abou...

I will certainly do so.

That would be helpful, looking at the incredulity on the faces of the noble Lords, Lord Morrow an...

A year ago, I conducted an inquiry into a horrifying set of events that took place in Glasgow dur...

I thank my noble friend Lady Kennedy for that. Asking the Minister to check this is helpful. It w...