Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules

Great.

“Great” says the Liberal Democrat noble Lord.

I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I was agreeing with him about the numbers who hav...

I misinterpreted his “Great”; he was saying that I am great rather than that the number is great....

My Lords, I want to briefly make some observations about the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Lill...

First, we do have a system of numbers in this country. Does the noble Baroness not know about the...

I would be grateful if my noble friend addressed the House rather than turned behind when speakin...

I apologise; I am still a new boy, really.

In addition, I was not including overstayers in ...

The noble Lord is quite right, but they add to all the pressures he was talking about. Perhaps if...

I have some sympathy with the comments of the noble Baroness on the subject of people overstaying...

Very briefly, I was also referring to undocumented people who overstay tourist visas and stay on ...

I take that point.

On the main point made by the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, I sympathise with...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, on securing this debate; I very much agree ...

I am sorry if I was unclear. I said that of those who make a claim in France, only half as many a...

I am grateful to the noble Lord. I think that is an argument on my side rather than on his, thoug...

My Lords, I add my support to the Government and the aims and objectives of this immigration stat...

My Lords, it has been an interesting and wide-ranging debate, bearing in mind the subject of the ...

The noble Lord says that that is an effective deterrent, but, with respect, it would have to be t...

Arguably, the Government’s policy is being tested in reality, because the threat hangs over every...

My Lords, this has certainly been a wide-ranging debate. I intend to concentrate on the regret Mo...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for all the contributions that have

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That is exactly the point. I do not know whether that means that somebody coming from Iran would ...

My reading of it is that it does, but I accept that my reading may not be entirely accurate. I wi...

My Lords, I had slightly expected that this might have been a rather dry-as-dust debate on the pr...