Nationality and Borders Bill

My Lords, I declare my interests in the register. I was much involved with the Modern Slavery Act...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 153 and 155 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Dubs. Before...

My Lords, I have not yet spoken on this Bill—I missed the Second Reading for reasons beyond my co...

My Lords, I have added my name to those noble Lords who oppose Clause 57 standing part. I am very...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for introducing these amendments with suc...

My Lords, I have added my name to the opposition to both Clauses 57 and 58. The Minister will und...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, I refer to a non-financial interest: I am a trustee o...

My Lords, I am also a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, and I am grateful to my coll...

My Lords, I support this group of amendments; I have signed only one, simply because I am not ter...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly, because I was not intending to speak. I want first to congratula...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, in his intention to oppose Clauses 57 and 58 sta...

My Lords, I notice that my noble friend Lady Hollins cannot be in her place today, but I urge the...

My Lords, the Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, wrote to the Home Secret...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I have listened to all ...

My Lords, just on that point, I was clearly not suggesting that the noble Baroness, Lady Williams...

I think it might be best if we just moved on from that because, respectfully, I am not sure that ...

In that case, why do we not wait for that legislation and do it comprehensively, rather than put ...

There were two questions there. Why now? I was going to come to that, because that is a point tha...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but how does he see what he is saying as compatible with th...

Of course we have considered the statutory guidance, not least because it comes from the Home Dep...

I have been biting my tongue, but the Minister talked about the real world, and I do not think th...

My Lords, I am not denying any stories. I set out statistics earlier on which were absolutely fro...

My Lords, I apologise for interrupting, but the Minister has cited the statistics that he quoted ...

My Lords, I have already said that I will write. I will copy everybody in, particularly the noble...

Does the noble Lord not accept that 24% of modern slavery cases are UK nationals and have nothing...

I am certainly willing to accept that a significant number of modern slavery victims are UK natio...

I am impressed by the Minister’s argument that the intention is benevolent, but how does he squar...

I hope the noble Lord will forgive me if I reply to his points in reverse order. On the second, o...

My Lords, I want to deal with Urgent Questions again, because the Minister answered a different q...

At this point, all I can do is pass that on, and I will.

On Amendment 172A, I think the Minister said that victims of modern slavery already have access t...

The noble Lord is absolutely right, which is why I was making the point about it being a fundamen...

My Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to this incredibly important debate. It lasted jus...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

156: Clause 59, page 63, line 1, leave out su...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for setting the scene and others who contri...

My Lords, if Amendment 156 is agreed I cannot call Amendment 156A by reason of pre-emption.

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to address Amendments 156A and 156B in this group and to follow ...

My Lords, I shall speak to amendments 156A and 156B in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Alton of...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendments 156A and 156B, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Alton, ...

My Lords, I declare an interest because, in my work on sustainability in the business that I chai...

My Lords, for the reasons given by other speakers—particularly the last speaker, with whom I prof...

My Lords, my name is to Amendment 157. This is a rhetorical question, but is not it interesting t...

I may be able to help the noble Baroness—it was at Exmouth. I went to see it.

Indeed, it was excellent. That is why I raised it—because I wonder what has happened to it. As I ...

I rise briefly to say that we support the amendments in this group. I say to the noble Lord, Lord...

I was not there for that, but it seemed to me that it was worth repeating, if I may put it clearl...

Well, it is the first time that I have heard repetition in this Chamber, so I thought that the no...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions. The amendments in large part ...

My Lords, the Minister is dealing with these issues with great sensitivity and I welcome the tone...

My Lords, I do not wish to appear to give a cursory answer to the noble Lord in a debate of this ...

I am grateful to the Minister, but it seems to be the wrong way around. Normally, there is pre-le...

My Lords, I hear the points that the noble Lord makes. With respect, it seems that he moves forwa...

I am anxious not to delay matters but to seek clarification at this stage. A number of noble Lord...

I am grateful to my noble friend for her intervention, which permits me the opportunity of not on...

If that is the rationale, I do not see why we need the change. I seriously do not understand what...

My noble friend sends me back to the dictionary. I shall include the use of that word in my readi...

I am sorry; I will not interrupt again. I still do not understand the rationale of bringing ourse...

The justification is to ensure clarity across the legislation, and I appreciate the comment made ...

I thank the Minister for all of that, and the commitment to 45 days. Why does it say 30 days in t...

No, I think the noble Lord is correct. It is 30 days for the alignment with ECAT, but the 45 days...

So there is an absolute commitment to 45 days for the gap between reasonable grounds and conclusi...

The noble Lord shrugged his shoulders, but I repeat that the justification for this is to align w...

My Lords, this did not stop us passing the Modern Slavery Act, which was ahead of the rest of the...

I am sorry to remove my mask, but I am told in the Climate Change Committee, of which I am chairm...

Can I join the maskless crew? Surely international law, and certainly EU directives, are usually ...

I hear from all sides of the Chamber, including from the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti—

Oh!

Sorry, I do not mean once again from the Dispatch Box to rain brickbats upon the noble Baroness’s...

My Lords, it has been an excellent debate. I thank everyone for their contributions. I think ther...

I am grateful to my noble friend for that, and I beg the pardon of the noble and learned Baroness...

Certainly.

I am obliged.

I am grateful to my noble and learned friend. He has endeavoured to be as full as possible in his...

Moved by

Lord Coaker

158: Clause 61, page 64, line 4, at end insert—

“(aa) the ...

My Lords, before I start my remarks on this group of amendments, I want to say in answer to the q...

My Lords, I must inform the Committee that, if Amendment 160A is agreed to, I will not be able to...

My Lords, I want to speak to the JCHR amendments in this group in the name of the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, I support all these amendments but I will speak to Amendment 169, to which I have put m...

I am delighted to follow the noble and learned Baroness. The Committee has benefited greatly from...

My Lords, I have added my name to those of noble Lords who oppose Clause 62 standing part of the ...

My Lords, my name is on Amendment 160A, which is from these Benches. I fear that we are rather in...

My Lords, again, as a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, I shall speak very briefly. ...

My Lords, in opening from the Front Bench, the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, made a number of points i...

I am grateful to the Minister. In Clause 62, the phrase “bad faith” seems extraordinarily ambiguo...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for that intervention. I was proposing to deal later with the exp...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but I now realise that he has now moved on from Clause 61 a...

If the noble Baroness will bear with me, I will seek to get an answer to that question that I can...

I want to intervene briefly on the “good faith” and “bad faith” point, in case it is of assistanc...

The point I was seeking to make by that expression is, I think, the same one that my noble friend...

I am glad to hear that the Government want to comply with our international obligations—some of u...

The noble Baroness graciously affords me the possibility of replying perhaps in more detail and l...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his typically courteous and thoughtful reply, and the way in w...

Moved by

Lord McColl of Dulwich

169A: Clause 63, page 66, line 10, leave out from “th...

My Lords, I should declare an interest in that I presented the original anti-trafficking and anti...

My Lords, with his usual clarity, the noble Lord, Lord McColl, has introduced his amendments to C...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his kind remarks. For victims of modern slavery...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick has his name to Amendment 170. I know that he—I join him i...

My Lords, we have been quicker than I anticipated but what my noble friend said is true; I must a...

My Lords, in the interests of time, let me just say respectfully to the noble Lord, Lord McColl, ...

My Lords, in consideration of the flight of the noble Lord, Lord Morrow, I start by addressing Am...

I thank all noble Lords for taking part in this debate. However, it is quite clear that we will h...