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Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) This legislation builds on the Illegal Migration Act 2023, the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 and other - Speech Link
2: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) We can operate within our powers and jurisdiction, must legislate to protect our borders, and cannot - Speech Link
3: None It points out that the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration and the Chief Inspector of Prisons - Speech Link
4: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) In the Nationality and Borders Act, authorisation was given for the utilisation of scientific methods - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage part two - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None of the Bill that this should be the case and that these matters should be for the Minister. - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, with Amendments 66 and 67 we get to the meat, in many respects, of the Bill. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) unavailable today, which I appreciate.This legislation builds on the Illegal Migration Act 2023, the Nationality - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) We have had many debates in the last three of four years, in the Nationality and Borders Act and Illegal - Speech Link
2: None The combination of the Nationality and Borders Act, the Illegal Migration Act and this Bill will prevent - Speech Link
3: None The BBC reported just last month that Burundi, Rwanda’s direct neighbour, has closed its borders with - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) grounds decision will be made.Amendment 70 would act to impede the provisions already passed in the Nationality - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Mon 12 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) The issue was sensibly addressed in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 by transforming the irrebuttable - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Thinking all the way back to the British Nationality Bill 1981, on which I spoke many times, there were - Speech Link
3: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) The deterrent is the refusal, through the Nationality and Borders Act and then the Illegal Migration - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) The difficulty of controlling long land borders all over Europe and the difficulties thrown up by the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran: Freedom and Democracy - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) attempting to justify the infringements, the IRGC is even trying to push an internet user protection Bill - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) , mandatory dress code, restricted nationality and travel rights, and unfair inheritance laws—to name - Speech Link
3: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) encouraging conflict outwith its borders as it seeks to dampen the momentum of the protests inside Iran - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) , and respects international law and norms. - Speech Link
5: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) We can then look forward to a free and democratic Iran, and, as we always say, next year in a free and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) is absolutely clear in the Nationality and Borders Act, in the Illegal Migration Act, and now in this - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) Will Rwanda use age assessment, as we debated during the passage of the Nationality and Borders Bill - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) I asked it during the passage of the Nationality and Borders Bill, when we declared millions of Britons - Speech Link
4: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) This Bill will save lives and protect our borders. It warrants the support of this House. - Speech Link
5: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) I did not notice that with the Nationality and Borders Act, which passed two years ago. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 26 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East) It was only when the Irish Republic was created and the British Nationality Act 1948 came into effect - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) There is a real and sensitive issue at the heart of this Bill and debate. - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) correct this issue in our nationality system. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Day - Thu 25 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Margaret Hodge (Lab - Barking) for British nationality. - Speech Link
2: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) trying to get a transcript of the hearing yesterday at the Select Committee on the Holocaust Memorial Bill - Speech Link
3: Andrew Percy (Con - Brigg and Goole) It is no longer Nazis crossing international borders to murder and round up Jews; it is Islamist extremists - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Rights in Hong Kong - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) even though he has dual nationality. - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) Those citizens are Bill Browder and Luke de Pulford. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement - Mon 22 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) the earlier Nationality and Borders Bill did not comply with the refugee convention—were dismissed as - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) within their borders to seek asylum. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Only by removing the prospect that illegal migrants can settle in the UK can we control our borders and - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Only by removing the prospect that illegal migrants can settle in the UK can we control our borders and - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Asylum decision-makers carefully consider everyone’s protection needs regardless of nationality by assessing - Speech Link