Lord Kerr of Kinlochard

House of Lords

Crossbench

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

Found a pulse

Ranks 861st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 68%. 5 contributions since 2025-04-22.

Record by topic

“My Lords, the Home Secretary ended her Statement by saying that her reforms “are designed to bring unity where others seek to divide”. My greatest worry about them is that making refugee status only temporary, and subject to review every 30 months and deportation, will have the opposite effect.”
Asylum Policy · 2025-11-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Murray, inspires me to join in. His reading of the refugee convention is one with which the House is familiar—we have heard it down the years—but it is not one that the world as yet accepts. It is not accepted by the UNHCR, which is the custodian of the convention.”
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill · 2025-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I think the noble Baroness was a little unkind to the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, who made an admirable speech: gallantry in a hopeless cause is always extremely impressive. I thought Owain Glyndŵr was speaking to us.”
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill · 2025-07-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I see the point that the noble Lord is making, but it is important that he recognise that what the Australian Government did, and did again, was to arrange for Australian asylum hearings to take place offshore.”
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill · 2025-07-10 ·