Baroness Hamwee
The Baroness Hamwee
Liberal Democrat
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 5 June 1991
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
09/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Davies, does not disappoint me because these were his Government’s provisions, so of course I would have expected him t...
My Lords, with this group of amendments we return to issues relating to modern slavery and human trafficking, which we have debated on the basis of wh...
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
09/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I think that is the third time the Minister has asked me to do so, and I will—but not quite yet. I say to those waiting for the next busines...
My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 97 and will also speak to Amendment 98. I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for signing these amendments. Th...
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
07/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, we on these Benches support the noble Baroness, who is part of the eminent quartet that has signed the amendment. I had been wondering—but i...
My Lords, we have Amendments 51 and 51B in this group. Amendment 51 would add mobile phones and chargers to the list of relevant articles. The noble L...
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
07/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, having supported the noble Baroness on her previous amendments, from these Benches we do so on these, too.
My Lords, seeing the back of the Illegal Migration Act will be a great pleasure. I am with the noble Lord on it being better to have an easy-to-read v...
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
25/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is a day or two since I did any criminal law, and it was one time, in a magistrate’s court—then I started writing recording contracts.
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I appreciate that this group looks rather indigestible, so let me put it in a different way. I will give the amendment numbers so that they are there ...
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Employment Rights Bill
17/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady. I was not surprised that she was able to produce that example; there are lots of examples...
My Lords, Amendment 273P is a real-world amendment, to echo my noble friend. I am very conscious that I have a single amendment to this Bill, that oth...
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Asylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]
12/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, we were told, I think, that the pilot will be until June, which gives a few more days. I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, that, i...
It was 4.16 in the morning.
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Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill
03/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I confess that I am still struggling to understand this Bill, despite it having only one clause. The Minister was as helpful as he could be ...
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
01/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I would like to say “More, more” to that. I thank the Minister for his straightforward introduction. I think that he would be worried if he ...
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill
18/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I understood from the noble Lord’s explanation of the amendments that this group is about parliamentary oversight. I am not clear from Amend...
My Lords, that was the response I expected, and I thank the Minister for it. On the response from the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, I shall take the sym...
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