"My Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate on raising this issue, which is immensely important, much neglected and central to Christian teaching—an innovation from those Benches. I also congratulate the Government on appointing a Minister who has direct expertise in and commitment to this subject as Prisons Minister. I …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, the White Paper is about controlling immigration. Will the Government have the ability to control the number of visas in each category, and will they exercise that control—and, if not, why not?..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome this agreement —another Brexit dividend. Knowing the Government’s dedication to international law, I am sure they regret that this deal rewards the flagrant violation of WTO rules by Trump’s imposition of discriminatory tariffs. I accept that they had little option but to ignore that violation, but …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"I strongly support the free trade elements in this deal, and not just because it is a Brexit benefit, which I am sure the Minister welcomes. Given that the Indians strongly wanted to link immigration to this free trade deal, can she give us an assurance regarding the strange loophole …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"I am grateful for the frank and open reply that the Minister gave to my question, which I actually found rather worrying. I had not realised that there were existing restrictions on the intracompany transfer route to particular sectors, and that that was going to be liberalised and widened to …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech