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Proceeding contribution from Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 23 October 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on UK Borders Bill.


UK Borders Bill

My Lords, the Medical Foundation’s services are available to asylum seekers, and are very valuable. The foundation also provides medico-legal reports to support asylum seekers making asylum-seeking claims. It works on instruction from an applicant’s legal representative. Clearly, the sorts of things that the Medical Foundation provides to the BIA and so on help us to get a better feel for how the system is working and what its perfections and imperfections are. That provides us with very valuable intelligence to ensure that we are properly compliant.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
695 c993 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Codes of practice Devolved matters Appeals Asylum Detainees Arrests Custodial treatment Borders Employment Families Human rights Immigration EU law Undocumented migrants Documents Languages Migrants Immigration officers Police Powers Prisoners Nationality Scotland Standards Victims Students Torture Border and Immigration Agency
Legislation
UK Borders Bill 2006-07
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk