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Proceeding contribution from Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Monday, 2 July 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on UK Borders Bill.


UK Borders Bill

Exactly. I would hope that the chief inspector would have that role and that there would be no limitation on his or her power to scrutinise any of the functions whatever that were exercisable by the BIA, by analogy with the powers of the Chief Inspector of Prisons, for example. We will look forward to further news on that. We are reasonably happy with what the Minister has said on this amendment, although it does not go as far as we would have liked. However, we are grateful to him for his attempt to satisfy the Committee. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 1 agreed to.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
693 c61-2GC 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Complaints Children Detainees Crimes against the person Borders Families Immigration Languages Discrimination Immigration officers Police Scotland Sentencing Training
Legislation
UK Borders Bill 2006-07
Link
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