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Proceeding contribution from Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 13 June 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on UK Borders Bill.

UK Borders Bill

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness. It is the practice not to send highly controversial Bills into Grand Committee. We did protest about this, as the noble Baroness, Lady Ashton, will recall, in the case of the 2006 Act. At the beginning of the proceedings in Grand Committee there, we said quite firmly that we did not like the idea of having controversial immigration legislation dealt with in Grand Committee. While the Government may have told my noble friend Lord Shutt about this, I certainly was not aware of it. However, the general views of the team which deals with Home Office affairs from this Front Bench were made perfectly clear a year ago, so the Government should have been aware of them.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
692 c1748 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Disclosure of information Data protection Databases Biometrics Crime prevention Appeals Asylum Detainees Arrests Deportation Age Children's rights British nationality Cooperation Borders Fraud Employment Families Fingerprints Human rights Immigration Undocumented migrants Human trafficking International cooperation Entry clearances Ethnic groups Entertainers Immigration officers Ionizing radiation Marriage Personal records Police Powers Prisoners Proceeds of crime Minority groups Overseas students Migration Migrant workers Social security benefits Sentencing Universities Sexual offences Victims Right of search Tourism Uniforms Immigration and Nationality Directorate Departmental coordination Revenue and Customs Serious Organised Crime Agency Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office Border and Immigration Agency
Legislation
UK Borders Bill 2006-07
Link
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