Proceeding contribution from Baroness Hanham (Conservative) 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]
We now turn to the inspectorate—the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency. I had been going to ask why we had both the UK Border Agency Chief Inspector and the Inspector of Constabulary involved in both of these. I think I am right in saying that under the Customs and Revenue legislation of 2007 those are both involved anyway. I assume, therefore, that this is a direct lift from the Act and if that is not correct perhaps someone can let me know. We need to know what additional resources will be made available to the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency before the jurisdiction is extended under these subsections. Can the Minister tell us, given the wide jurisdiction currently employed by the chief inspector, which has replaced several previous inspectorates, and the evident impairment on the inspector’s capacity to provide the oversight intended by Parliament when passing UK Borders Act, if he is now being required to satisfy an extended jurisdiction without commensurate additional resources? I beg to move.
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- 708 c291-2
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- 2008-09
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- 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
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- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (HL) 2008-09
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