Written question asked by Keith Darvill (Labour) on Monday, 17 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 July 2000. It was answered by Barbara Roche (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 July 2000 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Immigration Service Commissioner has made in establishing the scheme of regulation for immigration advisers and service providers; and if he will make a statement. - Includes ref to 22 May 2000, 350 c370W.

Answer: Mr. Darvill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress the Immigration Service Commissioner has made in establishing the scheme of regulation for immigration advisers and service providers; and if he will make a statement. [131481] Mrs. Roche: As I indicated in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Mr. Miller) on 22 May 2000, Official Report, column 370W, the Immigration Services Commissioner took up post on that date. The Commissioner is in the process of consulting widely within the advice sector in order to formulate the rules and standards which will govern the regulatory scheme. The Commissioner expects to have published the documents required by Part V of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and to be ready to consider exemptions and applications for registration from 30 October 2000. We expect the full regulatory scheme to come into force in April 2001.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 354 c169W; 131481
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Advisory services Immigration Standards Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk