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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 02 Nov 2015
European Union Referendum Bill

"My Lords, the very thought that the noble Lord would ever intervene on someone to distract them is something that I would not conceivably believe...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
European Union Referendum Bill

"My Lords, I had not intended to intervene at this stage, but I hear people saying that we should not make piecemeal changes. The Committee should read Clause 2, to which we are debating an amendment, because it makes piecemeal changes. There are several lines which refer to allowing Peers …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
European Union Referendum Bill

"My Lords, perhaps I might briefly raise the question of what sort of numbers we are talking about. The noble Lord, Lord Green of Deddington, suggested that we had 2.7 million. I have to say that sounds high.

I spent some time in the EU balance of competences review trying …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
European Union Referendum Bill

"My Lords, this amendment demonstrates more than any other that our franchise consists of a series of historical anomalies and needs thorough reconsideration. We are clearly not going to get that for this referendum, but it is one of many problems with the current structure of our constitution.

I agree …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
European Union Referendum Bill

"If I may tempt the noble Lord a little further, I recall Migration Watch suggesting at one stage that children of immigrant mothers should be counted in our immigrant population. I do not know whether those people are less than fully British...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
European Union Referendum Bill

"I think I read it in a Migration Watch suggestion. There was a question of whether people born outside Britain really are fully British citizens. I do not press that because I am aware that both Douglas Carswell and Daniel Hannan were born outside the United Kingdom—one I think in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
European Union Referendum Bill

"May I ask a factual question of the Minister, which, again, he may not be able to answer immediately? Are we sure that we can identify on the British electoral register who are British citizens, who are Irish citizens and who are Commonwealth citizens? I am not aware, from my …..."
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Written Question
Prisoners: EU Nationals
Thursday 15th October 2015

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many citizens of other European Union member states are currently serving prison sentences within the United Kingdom, and of which member states they are citizens.

Answered by Lord Faulks

The table below provides a breakdown of the number of nationals of other EU member states who were serving prison sentences in prisons in England and Wales on 30 June 2015, the date of the latest available data:

Number of sentenced EU Nationals held in prisons in England and Wales as at 30 June 2015

Austria

4

Belgium

18

Bulgaria

32

Croatia

5

Cyprus

12

Czech Republic

68

Denmark

8

Estonia

14

Finland

0

France

48

Germany

47

Greece

19

Hungary

36

Ireland

650

Italy

66

Latvia

93

Lithuania

315

Luxembourg

0

Malta

4

Netherlands

90

Poland

608

Portugal

146

Romania

359

Slovakia

57

Slovenia

3

Spain

45

Sweden

21

Total

2,768

The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

The Ministry of Justice is unable to provide data on the number of foreign nationals held in prisons in Scotland or Northern Ireland, as these are the responsibility of the relevant devolved administrations.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 04 Jun 2015
FIFA

"My Lords, does Her Majesty’s oversight of criminal law extend to offshore financial centres under United Kingdom sovereignty? From what has already come out, it is clear that a number of these illegal payments flowed through offshore financial centres that are British Overseas Territories. Do the Government intend to investigate …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2014
Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to acquaint the House that they, having been informed of the purport of the Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL], have consented to place their interests, so far as they …..."
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