🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the Report of the Inquiry into the Use of Immigration Detention in the United Kingdom, published on 3 March.
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(Valedictory Speech) My Lords, I will speak first to the subject matter of the debate since I was a member of the group which produced this report. The basic legal principle is not in doubt: executive detention is lawful if, but only if, there is a realistic prospect of removing the detainee within a reasonable time. When we debated the Immigration Act this time last year, my noble friend...
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My Lords, my particular problem is that I believe that I may have registered, but I cannot now find out whether I have registered or not. It seems to be impossible to discover.
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My Lords, I, too, support the amendment and I do not share the difficulties which it is obvious are felt by the noble Lords, Lord Stoneham and Lord Deben. If those difficulties have any force, they were surely answered by my noble friend Lord Butler. I support the amendment on the simple grounds of fairness. It is not confined to zero-hours contracts, but one imagines that those will be the...
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My Lords, when this point was raised last week, the noble Lord indicated that he might be willing to meet some of us who took part in that APPG. Could we not meet him so that we can discuss our real concerns about that report?
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Perhaps the Minister is aware that we are the only country in Europe which does not currently have a maximum time limit for detention in immigration cases. Can he comment on the report published only today by the APPG—of which I had the honour to be a member—in which we recommended that the maximum limit should now be set at 28 days? If that were adopted, would it not go quite a long way...
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My Lords, I support everything that the most reverend Primate has said. I find it extremely difficult to add anything, just as I found it difficult last time round when we were considering the measure in October. But there is this difference between now and then: on that occasion, the debate had been long expected. It followed a natural sequence of events going back to the discussion of women...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many offenders were given tariffs of less than two years under section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 before the Act was amended in 2007; how many of those offenders are still in prison; how many of those still in prison were given tariffs of (1) less than 3 months, (2) between 3 and 6 months, (3) between 6 and 9 months, (4) between 9 and 12 months,...
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have replied to the eight questions set out by the European Court of Human Rights in a Statement of Facts issued in February 2011 in the case of Vinter, Bamber and Moore, reported at 2011 European Court of Human Rights 324; and, if so, what was their response.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people are currently serving indefinite sentences of imprisonment for the protection of the public; and at what rate this number is increasing each year; and How many people are currently serving notional minimum sentences of (a) two years or less; (b) between two and three years; (c) between three and four years; (d) between four and five years; and...
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 16 November 2005 (WA 152-3), what are the latest available figures for convictions and range of sentences under the Terrorism Act 2000; and what are the equivalent figures for convictions under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and the Terrorism Act 2006.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 28 February (WA 2), what offences under the Terrorism Act 2000 were the individuals convicted of; and what was the range of sentences imposed.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: How many arrests have been made under Parts I to VI and VIII of the Terrorism Act 2000; and under which sections of that Act the arrests were made; and How many persons have been charged with an offence under Parts I to VI and VIII of the Terrorism Act 2000; and under which sections of that Act the person were charged; and How many persons have been convicted...
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