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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 26 June 2025

Debate

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Contribution

We can dance on the head of a pin on the difference between irregular and illegal, but the general public out there do not get that. They are not interested, because the outcome is the same, as far as they are concerned. We know that there are differences, and we know we have international obligations, but we have to look at those obligations with the people we negotiated them with, because that is the only way you can change. If it is felt that change is necessary, you have to discuss with your interlocutors what those changes might be to bring things forward from post-World War II to the present circumstances we face.

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