"My Lords, following the contribution from the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, I remind the House courteously that several things need to happen over the next few days, one of which is the preparation for the events leading up to the funeral and another is the necessity for noble Lords to …..." Baroness Williams of Trafford - View Speech
"My Lords, I have just had a word with the Opposition Chief Whip. There is a combination of feeling in this House, I think, that people want to have their say but also want others to keep their remarks succinct. There are people who have to get trains home this …..." Baroness Williams of Trafford - View Speech
"My Lords, I do not want to be disrespectful; we have managed to maintain a good circulation of representation throughout these last couple of days. I think that it is, informally, the turn of the Conservative Benches...." Baroness Williams of Trafford - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken to this group of amendments, and I thank my noble friend Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate for tabling his Amendments 100, 101 and 102.
"I thank both the right reverend Prelate and the noble Baroness for those points. Generally, in the asylum system in the UK, when someone is about to turn 18, their status changes.
"As I have just said, I will not go any further than my honourable friend did in the House of Common, save to say that people who—..." Baroness Williams of Trafford - View Speech
"I have said I will write, but to be more explicit than my honourable friend was in the Commons might risk exploitation on routes taken by children. Therefore, this is as far as I will go today. I will lay out the various safe and legal routes through which children …..." Baroness Williams of Trafford - View Speech
"My Lords, I am not trying to avoid it; I am saying that that is about as far as I can go. However, I will try to outline any further detail that I can in writing to noble Lords. Noble Lords will know—..." Baroness Williams of Trafford - View Speech
"I will not take the intervention just yet. I do not generally make misleading comments standing at the Dispatch Box. I will further write...." Baroness Williams of Trafford - View Speech
"I cannot say what countries we are in discussion with, other than confirming to my noble friend Lady Stroud that we are having some very positive discussions with France. On the other question, I cannot acquiesce to going further at this point, because I do not want in any way …..." Baroness Williams of Trafford - View Speech