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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

My Lords, we listened carefully to what the Minister said and we understand that what is now proposed is really quite belt and braces; I think that he used the phrase "put it beyond doubt". The UKBA official or Home Office official who is designated under Clause 3(1) becomes a "general customs official", and under Clause 3(2) he has the same functions in relation to a "general customs matter" as the Secretary of State has under Clause 1(1) or as an HMRC official has as a servant of the commissioners. I want to mention one of the noble Lord’s letters—I cannot remember precisely which one—and I say, by way of interpolation, that I entirely agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, said in her concluding remarks. It is really an awful waste for these letters not to see the light of day and I wish that there could be some way in which they could be placed on the web. I made a suggestion when we discussed this shortly before we came into the Chamber, if I may reveal our conversation. On the parliamentary website, you go down to the section under "Bills and Legislation" and you can see the various stages of a Bill and all the amendments. If space could be found on that page to put up the letters from Ministers—