My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply, although clearly some of the answers have not met a favourable response from the Committee. I have a couple of points. First, we need to understand why the Home Office appears to have been much more effective and efficient 10 years ago than it is now in the number of claims processed, the backlog and the number of successful appeals. Despite his reply, we are still no further forward in understanding why that was the case and he gave no indication that we would ever know. It is important to know, because a lot of the Bill is about reducing the number of asylum claims to relieve the pressure on the Home Office—but it was dealing with twice as many claims 10 years ago.
The noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, was concerned about the statistics I was asking for not being comprehensive. He talked about concerns about overcrowding. Some 94% of immigrants to this country are not asylum seekers and refugees, and 94% of this Bill is about asylum seekers and refugees. Having said that, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.