Lord Swire (Con)

My Lords, does the Minister share my concern that some of these traditional people smugglers—

My Lords, before we move on—because I suspect that this is not going to detain us too long—I would like to tease out from the Government Front Bench a couple of things. As I said in my earlier remarks

I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Moore, thinks there is some intellectual coherence in the Government’s approach to regionalisation, given that in the last 24 hours, they have abandoned large swath

I also join in the congratulations to the noble Baroness on her recent appointment to the Front Bench. It is extremely important that, whatever we say in this country, we say it together. I think the

The original Question from my noble and learned friend Lady Prentis concerned the selling of a farm, so that raises issues of probate as well. When the Minister is discussing these fiscal matters with

My Lords, we all welcome what the Government are doing in terms of responding to the tragedy that has unfolded over the last few weeks in Nepal. Could the Minister take back to his colleagues in the F