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Proceeding contribution from Lord West of Spithead (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 25 February 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL].

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

I am afraid that I cannot give an exact answer to the noble Baroness. I know that the reasoning behind the three-hour period was to enable people to be held until the police arrived, so that a proper charge could be made. I am a little confused myself over this short-term facility, as I understood it to be something that the UKBA uses as accommodation for short-term detention of a person detained under the immigration legislation. I am unsure exactly how they get to that status, so if I may I will get back to the noble Baroness on that specific point.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
708 c289-90 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Complaints Disclosure of information Conditions of employment Data protection Databases Codes of practice Crime prevention Asylum Detainees Arrests Cooperation Devolution Body searches Customs officers Customs Cybercrime Citizenship Borders Cross border cooperation Association of Chief Police Officers Finance Evidence ICT Inspections Immigration Undocumented migrants Human trafficking Excise duties Functions Languages Immigration officers Independent Police Complaints Commission Misconduct Private sector Personal records Northern Ireland Police Powers Public appointments Standards Training Smuggling Revenue and Customs Detention centres UK Border Agency Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency
Legislation
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
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