"UNHCR maintains that there are 16 million Syrians in Syria in need of humanitarian assistance. UK charities are seeking to help. Does the Minister agree that it would help them if we reopened the embassy in Damascus?..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"My Lords, the Home Secretary ended her Statement by saying that her reforms
“are designed to bring unity where others seek to divide”.
My greatest worry about them is that making refugee status only temporary, and subject to review every 30 months and deportation, will have the opposite effect. It …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"I was afraid that the pull factor would rear its ugly head. There is a pull factor and it comes from the black economy. The smugglers have friends in the black economy and are often in it themselves—they are the employers. The pull factor exists now, but if we permitted …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"My Lords, Amendment 42 seems to me to be something of a no-brainer. It would relieve the public purse in two ways. Local authorities might no longer have to find the cost of accommodation, and central government would no longer have to provide the pittance it does as a weekly …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"It is our polite custom to say what a privilege it is to follow the previous speaker. In this case, and on this subject, that is absolutely true. It is to this subject that the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, has devoted a life of public service, trying to do for …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"My Lords, I will say a word in support of Amendment 37, which would allow 56 days before someone who has been given asylum is thrown out. The six-month experiment of the Government trying to move to 56 days from 28 seemed to be very successful. I was therefore puzzled …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"I am so grateful to the noble Baroness. I just want to say that I am quite sure that the Mauritians would agree with that...." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"I am grateful to the Minister, who is an expert on the Modern Slavery Act, as are the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the noble Lord, Lord German. I am not. Can the Minister explain, as I still have not quite got it, why it is right that, if Section …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, on how he introduced the debate, which was brilliant. I congratulate the Front Benches on their unanimity of support for Ukraine.
I warmly welcome the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, who speaks with great authority. His experience of Moscow is much more …..." Lord Kerr of Kinlochard - View Speech