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UK Borders Bill

The Chairman was a little swift for me, as was the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, who was being succinct in his withdrawal of the amendment. Having listened and trying to be an impartial observer in this but finding myself more and more confused by some of the arguments—and having not only carefully read the Official Report of the previous debates, but having sat through all the debates since 2002—I wonder whether the Minister might consider a meeting with noble Lords on an all-party basis to see whether there is any way we might take this forward. I appreciate that we have some time before Report, which cannot be until October. Might the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, be prepared to offer that as a way forward to the Minister?