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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 06 Feb 2019
Deportation: Jamaica

"My Lords, the implication of what the Minister said, a bit like what the Home Secretary said yesterday, is, “Oh, this is a law that Labour brought in. We are being forced to do it, because Labour did it”. If you do not agree with that law, why have you …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Jan 2019
Venture Capital Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

"My Lords, I am just about to go up to Sub-Committee B of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Sub-Committee A met yesterday. In the papers we have upstairs, the grand total of proposed negatives that both committees and the other place have looked at is something like 165 out of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Oct 2018
Immigration

"On the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Wilson, in 2001-02 I was the Home Office Minister for Asylum and Immigration. I do not recognise the culture that I inherited then. I remember the noble Lord, Lord Wilson, who was Cabinet Secretary, coming to visit the Home Office during …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 08 Mar 2018
Russia: Threats to Individuals in the UK

"My Lords, I will stick to something for which the Home Office is responsible, so that the Minister cannot shift it elsewhere. Have the Home Office, the Home Secretary and the Ministers yet replied to the letter that they received from the Home Affairs Select Committee in the other place, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 06 Dec 2017
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I support the amendment. Like the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, I apologise for not having been involved in previous aspects of the Bill, but I participated in the Criminal Finances Bill, and particularly on this area. As we have a new Minister, I shall use that excuse to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 06 Dec 2017
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]

"I am grateful to the Minister and would like to add one point. All these properties have been purchased in this country, so there has been conveyancing and the involvement of estate agents. Looking at the list, it is strange that all the lawyers and solicitors involved are the blue-chip …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 04 Dec 2017
Budget Statement

"My Lords, that speech was a remarkable example of the benefits of maths, which I do not propose to follow. This is the first time that I have ever been the last Back-Bench speaker and I thought, “What do I do? Shall I chuck my notes away, listen to the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
Brexit: Financial Settlement

"How can you negotiate on a legal obligation?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
Brexit: Financial Settlement

"The Minister said it was a question of negotiation. Surely the question of the finance is a legal obligation. How can you negotiate on a legal obligation?..."
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Written Question
Government Departments: Air Travel
Thursday 24th July 2014

Asked by: Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent on first class air travel by the Department for International Development in the latest convenient period; and what was the justification for such expenditure.

Answered by Baroness Northover

According to DFID records, no staff have flown first class during this financial year.