Immigration Bill

My Lords, I support the amendments that the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, has laid before the Comm...

My Lords, I endorse what the noble Lord, Lord Alton, has just said. This is not the first time du...

My Lords, I speak in support of the views expressed. If eminent Members of the House who are fami...

My Lords, I shall start my remarks by associating myself with the introductory remarks of the nob...

My Lords, I was waiting for the noble Lord to mention his Amendment 11 before saying that I am de...

I also rise very briefly to support Amendment 11 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Rosser and...

I begin, as I have been invited to, by apologising to the Committee for the late tabling of these...

I think the Minister may have turned over two pages and gone on to the next group.

Well, I have to say in that respect, I have not turned over two pages, but I may well be on to th...

I thank the Minister for his helpful explanations of his remarks. Will he confirm that, because o...

I can certainly say that. That is a very helpful intervention on a number of levels. I know that ...

My Lords, I certainly will. It would not be profitable to continue the discussion now about the t...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

4: Clause 1, page 1, line 8, at end insert—

“( ) The prima...

Before I start, may I say that I certainly do not wish to comment adversely if the Minister got a...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick and I have Amendments 5, 8, 10, 25, 28, 32 to 34 and 37 in...

My Lords, these amendments, which I support, raise both the role and resources available, as the ...

My Lords, I share colleagues’ concerns about the lack of clarity of the remit and purpose of the ...

I understand the questions raised by noble Lords and the dangers of a lack of clarity in this are...

My Lords, we may be in danger of making a meal of this group of amendments. I quite understand th...

I have to say that I have some sympathy with my noble friend Lord Horam about the importance of n...

I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser for moving this amendment. I am glad we are on the same...

My Lords, before the noble Lord responds, perhaps I may take some of those comments but in someth...

If it would be helpful to noble Lords, I should be happy to set this out in writing. However, I c...

My Lords, the figures are interesting. Nobody is ever content and no one will say, “That’s enough...

Before the noble Baroness leaves the point about resources, she may recall that during the procee...

My Lords, I am looking to the Minister, but he has not received inspiration on that yet.

I have not received inspiration, but I do not doubt for one minute what the noble Lord rightly ob...

But within the budgets set by the two departments, as we have just heard. I do not think that any...

My Lords, I will be brief in responding, with just one or two points to make. I have listened car...