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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 04 Sep 2025
Refugee Accommodation: Move-on Period

"My Lords, the arguments given last year for the 28-day/56-day pilot are the same as those given currently. In the Statements given to this House at the time, it was quite clear that this pilot was until the end of July and would be evaluated and the results published by …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I thank the Minister for taking the intervention. He has referred to derogation from the ECHR. I wonder what consideration the Government are now giving to Georgia, which is in clear breach of the ECHR and has taken itself out of the Council of Europe, because it knows it has …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"Georgia has been suspended for reasons we just talked about to do with the way it treats people...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 116 and 118 in my name. This is a bit of a reversal, because it is looking not at what is happening but at what is left behind. I am asking the Government to consider this in some detail, so I am worried …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I thank the Minister. As I said at the beginning, it would be very helpful to have it in writing so that, as he rightly says, we can reflect on it in the greater time we will have available to us...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I will be as brief as I possibly can, given the hour. What is important in this amendment is to try to return to having a service standard. The amendment proposes a three-month service standard to determine asylum decisions. I know that the Minister, and others in the past, have …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I thank the Minister for that. That is exactly what we were hoping for from this amendment: to understand the Government’s intention in these various areas. I am grateful for his response, and I therefore withdraw my amendment...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, I think I heard the Minister say on the service standard that he would take that into consideration or look at the matter. I also heard him say that there is a standard already, upon which appeals would be completed. In a sense, that is what a service …..."
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