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Queen's Speech — Debate (2nd Day) (19 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Williams of Crosby, although I cannot compete with her global sweep. I shall focus, essentially, on Israel and Palestine. I appreciated the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Turnberg, who brought some good news of modest improvements in the West Bank and encouraging words about medical co-operation. We welcome them very much. I urge Her...

Immigration: Yarl's Wood — Question (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: Has the Minister studied the recent report from the Zimbabwe Association which highlights the bad effects of detention on adults? Surely, if that is the effect on adults, the effect on children must be much worse, because of uncertainty and not understanding what is going on. Will he introduce a system of case work and legal advice for that tiny minority of applicants who have children?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Gaza (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they, the European Union and United Nations agencies have made to the Government of Israel about persons under 18 arrested in the West Bank and convicted by military tribunals on confession evidence obtained in the absence of parents or legal advisers; whether such representations referred to the number of education or family visits during...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Detention Centres (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether staff at immigration detention centres who are in contact with children are checked by the Criminal Records Bureau before they are employed; and, if not, what plans they have to undertake such checks.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Detention Centres (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken at immigration detention centres to implement the recommendations of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and of the Children's Commissioner for England.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Housing: Move-on (11 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will facilitate the provision of move-on accommodation by housing associations and local authorities for residents of hostels, foyers and supported accommodation.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Gaza (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £20 million pledged by them in March 2009 at Sharm el-Sheikh for relief and reconstruction in Gaza and economic development has been spent; and how much they have spent so far in 2009—10 in the West Bank and Gaza.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Deportation (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Iraqi asylum applicants are being returned to Iraq; if so, why; and to what places.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Deportation (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 43 persons deported on a flight in October to Baghdad were accepted by the Iraqi authorities and remained there; how many were rejected and brought back to England; and how many of those brought back were stateless or had insufficient documentation. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 43 persons deported on a flight to Baghdad in...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Detainees (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for (a) better medical care for detainees, and (b) improved reception for mobile telephones, at Yarl's Wood detention centre.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Vietnam (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the Government of Vietnam about recent arrests and sentences imposed on critics of official policy and practices, as detailed in the Amnesty International Urgent Action Notices of 8 and 9 October; and whether they have received responses to similar previous representations.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Detainees (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in accordance with Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001, incoming immigration detainees are asked at their medical examination whether they have previously suffered torture.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Detainees (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidelines exist for the movement at short notice of immigration detainees between detention centres; and under what circumstances such movement may occur.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Prisons: Maze Prison (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether £8.6 million will be spent by April 2010 on plans and consultants for the site of the former Maze Prison.

Immigration: Detention and Deportation — Question for Short Debate (4 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: The point I was coming at was an administrative decision on detention, not a judicial one.

Immigration: Detention and Deportation — Question for Short Debate (4 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: My Lords, I start from the proposition that it is wrong to lock up parents and children who have committed no crimes in this country. To do so when they have little or no legal advice, and for periods of unknown length, is doubly bad. Those affected are mainly asylum applicants who have not succeeded in being recognised as refugees. They also include people who have overstayed their leave to...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration (3 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases have been heard by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in each year since it was established; and how many cases are now listed for consideration or pending a final decision.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Detainees (3 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether immigration detainees who are pregnant are provided with dietary supplements.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Detainees (3 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether prophylactic medicines are offered sufficiently in advance to detainees about to be deported to malarial countries.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Employment: Young People (2 Nov 2009)

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in view of the level of unemployment among young people and their need to acquire skills, they will remove the 16-hour rule for persons over 21 wishing to complete full-time education and claim benefits.