What instructions are given to immigration officers, police and other persons in official capacities to ensure, following the forcible removal from their homes of families of failed asylum seekers, that their friends, relatives and legal representatives in the United Kingdom have information at all times on where they are being...

What instructions are given to immigration officers, police and other persons in official capacities to ensure, following the forcible removal from their homes of families of failed asylum seekers, that their friends, relatives and legal representatives in the United Kingdom have information at all times on where they are being...

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many people were removed from Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre after the recent disturbances there; and to which establishments each person was moved.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many people were removed from Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre after the recent disturbances there; and to which establishments each person was moved.

Lords statement on Home Office reform.

Lords statement on Home Office reform.

My Lords, I hate to remind the noble Lord of his Government’s failings, but he will remember—

My Lords, I hate to remind the noble Lord of his Government’s failings, but he will remember—

My Lords, the noble Lord points his finger and waves it at me, saying ““Embarkation control””, but I remind him that his Government decided in 1994 that embarkation control was no longer necessary. We continued that policy for a time, but we have subsequently seen the fatal error therein and...

My Lords, the noble Lord points his finger and waves it at me, saying ““Embarkation control””, but I remind him that his Government decided in 1994 that embarkation control was no longer necessary. We continued that policy for a time, but we have subsequently seen the fatal error therein and...

My Lords, the plans are an amalgam of issues that were being contemplated and new issues that have come to the fore. For example, noble Lords will know that for some years there has been a debate about whether agency status would inure to the advantage of the management of...

My Lords, the plans are an amalgam of issues that were being contemplated and new issues that have come to the fore. For example, noble Lords will know that for some years there has been a debate about whether agency status would inure to the advantage of the management of...

My Lords, I assure the noble Lord that crafting something with such skill needs more than a cobbler.

My Lords, I assure the noble Lord that crafting something with such skill needs more than a cobbler.

My Lords, I must say to the noble Lord how much I disagree with him in relation to the failure of leadership and that this Government have not blamed staff. My right honourable friend the Home Secretary says that even the best staff, if they were working within a system...

My Lords, I must say to the noble Lord how much I disagree with him in relation to the failure of leadership and that this Government have not blamed staff. My right honourable friend the Home Secretary says that even the best staff, if they were working within a system...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, and the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, for welcoming the Statement. It would be my pleasure to outline why I fundamentally disagree with the assessment that has been made of the way in which the past 10 years have been managed....

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, and the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, for welcoming the Statement. It would be my pleasure to outline why I fundamentally disagree with the assessment that has been made of the way in which the past 10 years have been managed....

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I would like to repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in another place. The Statement is as follows: ““Mr Speaker, I would like to make a Statement about our plans for transforming the Home Office. I...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I would like to repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in another place. The Statement is as follows: ““Mr Speaker, I would like to make a Statement about our plans for transforming the Home Office. I...

My Lords, we will certainly make another document available. The noble and learned Lord knows that whether this House accepts another Statement will be a matter for the usual channels. I assure him that it is our intention to make such a Statement available. The usual channels will then have...

My Lords, we will certainly make another document available. The noble and learned Lord knows that whether this House accepts another Statement will be a matter for the usual channels. I assure him that it is our intention to make such a Statement available. The usual channels will then have...

My Lords, I am very happy to confirm what my noble friend has said. I hope that in the statistics I provided I indicated that I do not agree with the impression given by noble Lords opposite that this system was wholly unfit and, therefore, to be derided. There is...

My Lords, I am very happy to confirm what my noble friend has said. I hope that in the statistics I provided I indicated that I do not agree with the impression given by noble Lords opposite that this system was wholly unfit and, therefore, to be derided. There is...

My Lords, we shall pay attention to those issues. The noble Countess will know that a huge part of the work that we have done in recent years has dealt with managed migration, giving people legitimate, honest, decent routes through which to come to this country, allowing them to come...

My Lords, we shall pay attention to those issues. The noble Countess will know that a huge part of the work that we have done in recent years has dealt with managed migration, giving people legitimate, honest, decent routes through which to come to this country, allowing them to come...

My Lords, there has been no failure of leadership. I take issue with the noble Lord in that regard. It is very important for us to remember the context in which my right honourable friend the Home Secretary used the phrase ““not fit for purpose””. Although others have used that...

My Lords, there has been no failure of leadership. I take issue with the noble Lord in that regard. It is very important for us to remember the context in which my right honourable friend the Home Secretary used the phrase ““not fit for purpose””. Although others have used that...

My Lords, as one of those usually burdened with that legislation, I could not possibly comment. But I can certainly assure your Lordships that we need have only that legislation necessary to deliver this agenda. We have committed ourselves to that. I should have answered another issue raised by the...

My Lords, as one of those usually burdened with that legislation, I could not possibly comment. But I can certainly assure your Lordships that we need have only that legislation necessary to deliver this agenda. We have committed ourselves to that. I should have answered another issue raised by the...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for those comments. He speaks with great power from his experience on both the challenge and the success that can come from such change. I assure him that, in looking at both the advantages and disadvantages inherent in other changes to agency operations,...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for those comments. He speaks with great power from his experience on both the challenge and the success that can come from such change. I assure him that, in looking at both the advantages and disadvantages inherent in other changes to agency operations,...

How many detainees at immigration detention centres have been moved to two or more different centres during their period of detention during(a) 2003-04; (b) 2004-05; and (c) 2005-06.

How many detainees at immigration detention centres have been moved to two or more different centres during their period of detention during(a) 2003-04; (b) 2004-05; and (c) 2005-06.

What criteria the Home Office now applies when dispersing asylum seekers across the country.

What criteria the Home Office now applies when dispersing asylum seekers across the country.

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the case for a Women's Justice Board to oversee the treatment of and conditions for women in the criminal justice system. Motion withdrawn.

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the case for a Women's Justice Board to oversee the treatment of and conditions for women in the criminal justice system. Motion withdrawn.

My Lords, we have not limited the nature of the recommendations that the noble Baroness can make. She has been tasked to look at the needs of vulnerable women who have very complex needs, to look at the system, and then to report. I have not restricted the areas on which...

My Lords, we have not limited the nature of the recommendations that the noble Baroness can make. She has been tasked to look at the needs of vulnerable women who have very complex needs, to look at the system, and then to report. I have not restricted the areas on which...