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Division Votes
5 Feb 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord German voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 48 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 130
5 Feb 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord German voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 39 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 183 Noes - 127
5 Feb 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord German voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 47 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 132
5 Feb 2025 - Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord German voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 37 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 112
21 Jan 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord German voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 258 Noes - 138
21 Jan 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord German voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 56 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 87 Noes - 157
11 Feb 2025 - Great British Energy Bill - View Vote Context
Lord German voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 46 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 195
11 Feb 2025 - Great British Energy Bill - View Vote Context
Lord German voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 52 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 156


Speeches
Lord German speeches from: Prison Maintenance: Insourcing
Lord German contributed 1 speech (62 words)
Thursday 23rd January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Lord German speeches from: Asylum Seekers: Hotels
Lord German contributed 4 speeches (754 words)
Monday 20th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Lord German speeches from: Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]
Lord German contributed 2 speeches (554 words)
Committee stage
Friday 17th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Lord German speeches from: Asylum Seekers: Accommodation
Lord German contributed 1 speech (76 words)
Thursday 16th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office


Written Answers
Prisoners: Rehabilitation
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Tuesday 21st January 2025

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what rules regulate the commissioning of training and rehabilitation activities by prison governors.

Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Public Contracts Regulations (PCR 2015), which are enshrined in the Laws of England and Wales, along with Central Government commercial policies and processes are applied in the commissioning of all contracted-out core training and rehabilitation services in the prisons.

The Prison Governors are also empowered, at a local level, to contract bespoke rehabilitation services through a variety of compliant contracting routes. These contracting services are provided through a central commercial directorate to the prisons within the Ministry of Justice to achieve the best value for money whilst delivering our strategic priority of reducing reoffending.

Prisoners: Rehabilitation
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Tuesday 21st January 2025

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent on rehabilitation and training services at each prison in England and Wales in each of the past three years.

Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Expenditure on rehabilitation and training services covers a range of provision, recorded under numerous budget headings, and cannot be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.

Asylum
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 29th January 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many notices of intent the Home Office issued to asylum applicants deemed potentially inadmissible under sections 80B and 80C of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 between July and September 2024.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on asylum on gov.uk as part of the 'Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release'. Data on inadmissibility is published in tables Asy_09a and Asy_09b in the 'Asylum and resettlement summary tables'. Inadmissibility data for January 2024 onwards is currently unavailable due to ongoing work on a new case working system.

Between 2021 and 2023, 34,113 'notices of intent' were issued to individuals.

Refugees: Ukraine
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Thursday 20th February 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what provisions exist to enable Ukrainians who have applied for the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme to continue to be able to demonstrate their right to be in the UK to landlords and employers beyond their current three-year visas whilst they await the outcome of the UPE application.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office suite of digital status services ('View and Prove your immigration status', Right to Work and Right to Rent) support a range of individuals, including Ukrainians applying to the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme, who have made an in-time application for permission to stay in the UK.

This means where a person has an existing digital immigration status (eVisa) and has submitted an in-time application for a further eVisa, they can provide third parties (such as employers or landlords) with a share code.

Where an in-time application to extend or vary leave is made and the application is not decided before the person's existing leave expires, section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971 extends the person's existing leave until a decision is made.

The Home Office online checking service will provide confirmation of the person's right to work or rent and provide an employer or landlord with a statutory excuse against liability for a civil penalty, in the event they are later found to have employed or let a property to a person who is not permitted to do so by virtue of their immigration status.

This enables the employer or landlord to hire or extend the person's contract for six or 12 months respectively.  This is the standard duration of the statutory excuse when checks are carried out on those persons with a pending, in-time application for immigration permission.

For an employer or landlord to ensure they do not discriminate against anyone, they should provide reasonable opportunity to enable an individual to prove their right to work or rent.

Migrants: Children
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Thursday 20th February 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children affected—directly or indirectly via a parent or guardian—by "no recourse to public funds" conditions on UK residency.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office is in the process of transitioning its casework operations to the new ATLAS system. Until the transition process is complete, the availability of data in respect of the number of families, who have a condition on their residency in the UK and the number of children affected, will not be available.

Migrants
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Thursday 20th February 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of families where at least one member has a "no recourse to public funds" condition on their residency in the UK.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office is in the process of transitioning its casework operations to the new ATLAS system. Until the transition process is complete, the availability of data in respect of the number of families, who have a condition on their residency in the UK and the number of children affected, will not be available.

Migrants: Children
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Thursday 20th February 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many children have a "no recourse to public funds" condition on their residency in the UK.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office is in the process of transitioning its casework operations to the new ATLAS system. Until the transition process is complete, the availability of data in respect of the number of families, who have a condition on their residency in the UK and the number of children affected, will not be available.




Lord German mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]
35 speeches (10,847 words)
Wednesday 29th January 2025 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hale of Richmond (XB - Life Peer (judicial)) served the noble Baronesses, Lady Fairhead and Lady Hayter of Kentish Town, and the noble Lords, Lord German - Link to Speech

Asylum Seekers: Hotels
33 speeches (6,939 words)
Monday 20th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I take the point mentioned by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the noble Lord, Lord German, that - Link to Speech

Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]
52 speeches (8,808 words)
Committee stage
Friday 17th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I now find myself addressing amendments which are, as the noble Lord, Lord German, said—let us be generous—somewhat - Link to Speech
2: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) , notwithstanding the very elegant tightrope on which the Minister trod.I thank the noble Lord, Lord German - Link to Speech

Asylum Seekers: Accommodation
21 speeches (1,640 words)
Thursday 16th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I will keep the policy suggestion from the noble Lord, Lord German, on the table as part of the contributions - Link to Speech
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) If they can stay, that stability is there and, as the noble Lord, Lord German, mentioned, they can contribute - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Defence, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Ministry of Defence

International Agreements Committee

Found: Members present: Lord Goldsmith (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Lord Boateng; Lord Fox; Lord German

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Oral Evidence - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Kings College London

International Agreements Committee

Found: Members present: Lord Goldsmith (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Lord Boateng; Lord Fox; Lord German




Lord German - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Monday 27th January 2025 8 a.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 4th February 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
Subject: Review of treaty scrutiny
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Tuesday 11th February 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 25th February 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 11th February 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
Subject: UK accession to US-Bahrain Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement
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Tuesday 4th March 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 25th February 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
Subject: Review of treaty scrutiny
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Tuesday 4th March 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
Subject: Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: UK accession to US-Bahrain Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Hamish Falcomer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan), at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Luke Pollard MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) at Ministry of Defence
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: UK accession to US-Bahrain Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Elizabeth Dent - Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Dr Hasan Alhasan - Senior Fellow for Middle East Policy at International Institute for Strategic Studies
Dr David Roberts - Reader in International Security and Middle East Studies, at School of Security Studies, King's College London
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Hamish Falcomer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan), at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Luke Pollard MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) at Ministry of Defence
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: UK accession to US-Bahrain Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Elizabeth Dent - Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Dr Hasan Alhasan - Senior Fellow for Middle East Policy at International Institute for Strategic Studies
Dr David Roberts - Reader in International Security and Middle East Studies, at School of Security Studies, King's College London
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Luke Pollard MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) at Ministry of Defence
Hamish Falconer MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan) at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: UK accession to US-Bahrain Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Elizabeth Dent - Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Dr Hasan Alhasan - Senior Fellow for Middle East Policy at International Institute for Strategic Studies
Dr David Roberts - Reader in International Security and Middle East Studies, at School of Security Studies, King's College London
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Luke Pollard MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) at Ministry of Defence
Hamish Falconer MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan) at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Thomas Allan - Deputy Director for the Gulf at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: UK accession to US-Bahrain Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Elizabeth Dent - Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Dr Hasan Alhasan - Senior Fellow for Middle East Policy at International Institute for Strategic Studies
Dr David Roberts - Reader in International Security and Middle East Studies, at School of Security Studies, King's College London
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Luke Pollard MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) at Ministry of Defence
Hamish Falconer MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan) at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Thomas Allan - Deputy Director for the Gulf at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
Kashif Chaudry - Head of Middle East, Security Policy and Operations Directorate at Ministry of Defence
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Tuesday 4th March 2025 4:30 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
Subject: Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
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Tuesday 4th March 2025 4:15 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting
Subject: Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
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Tuesday 11th March 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
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Wednesday 12th March 2025 1 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
At 1:00pm: Oral evidence
Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Wednesday 12th March 2025 12:30 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
At 1:00pm: Oral evidence
Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Wednesday 12th March 2025 12:30 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
At 12:30pm: Oral evidence
Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Tuesday 11th March 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Simon Smith - Chairman of the Steering Committee, Ukraine Forum, Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House
Hannah Hopko - Co-Founder and former Member of Parliament and Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Verkhovna Rada at International Center for Ukrainian Victory
Prof. David J Betz - Professor of War in the Modern World at Kings College London
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Tuesday 11th March 2025 4:30 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
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Select Committee Documents
Thursday 23rd January 2025
Correspondence - Letter to the Chair from Baroness Jones of Whitchurch re Update on Geographical Indications in the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, 20 December 2024

International Agreements Committee
Thursday 23rd January 2025
Government Response - Government Response to Scrutiny of international agreements: UK-Switzerland Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Financial Services (9th report)

International Agreements Committee
Thursday 23rd January 2025
Government Response - Government Response to Scrutiny of International Agreements: Interbus Agreement: Protocol on regular and special regular international passenger bus and coach services

International Agreements Committee
Thursday 23rd January 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to the Rt Hon John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, re Scrutiny of International Agreements: Amendment to the UK-US Agreement for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defence, 8 January 2025

International Agreements Committee
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Oral Evidence - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Kings College London

International Agreements Committee
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Defence, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Ministry of Defence

International Agreements Committee
Wednesday 5th February 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Evans, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning at the Welsh Government (30 January 2025)

International Agreements Committee
Wednesday 5th February 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Senior Deputy Speaker, Chair of the Procedure and Privileges Committee

International Agreements Committee
Wednesday 5th February 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to Mike Hedges MS, Chair of Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee at the Welsh Parliament (30 January 2025)

International Agreements Committee
Wednesday 12th February 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Mike Hedges, Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee at the Welsh Parliament, to the Chair (30 January 2025)

International Agreements Committee
Wednesday 12th February 2025
Declarations of interest - Members' declarations of interests: UK accession to the US-Bahrain Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement

International Agreements Committee
Wednesday 12th February 2025
Written Evidence - Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain
CSI0001 - UK accession to US-Bahrain Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement

International Agreements Committee
Thursday 13th February 2025
Government Response - The Government Response to the Digital and digital trade report

International Agreements Committee
Tuesday 25th February 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to Lord Carlile of Berriew, Chair of Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee

International Agreements Committee
Tuesday 25th February 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to Lord De Mauley, Chair of International Relations and Defence Committee (13 February 2025)

International Agreements Committee
Thursday 27th February 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to The Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Secretary of State Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (27 February 2025)

International Agreements Committee
Monday 3rd March 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair, to the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (27 February 2025)

International Agreements Committee
Tuesday 4th March 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Carlile of Berriew, Chair of the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee, to the Chair (20 February 2025)

International Agreements Committee


Select Committee Inquiry
25 Feb 2025
Ukraine 100 year partnership agreement
International Agreements Committee (Select)
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