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Proceeding contribution from Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 18 July 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on UK Borders Bill.


UK Borders Bill

The noble Baroness has asked for more information. It might assist the Committee if I ask the officials to provide more background to circulate to Members of the Committee who are interested in this issue. I can see that security in universities is of concern, not least because of recent events. Perhaps it is just worth putting on the record that there is a contact point for universities to seek proper advice, to provide information to the BIA and to report students who have not turned up for courses and who are failing to attend. The noble Lord is reminding me that he has made that point, which is fair enough. That process is in train. We take this issue extremely seriously because, clearly, it is in our interests in terms of security.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
694 c85GC 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Children Codes of practice Appeals Asylum Age British nationality Fees and charges Immigration Iraq Migrants Overseas students Young people Refugees X-rays Afghanistan Sudan Zimbabwe Darfur Democratic Republic of the Congo Somalia Age assurance
Legislation
UK Borders Bill 2006-07
Link
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