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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hylton (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 25 March 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL].

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

My Lords, with regard to Amendment 24, I am extremely grateful to at least five of your Lordships, in all parts of the House, who spoke in its support. If this debate does one thing and speeds up the rate at which the Government deal with the huge backlog of asylum applications, that will be major progress. At the moment, the backlog far exceeds the annual number of new cases that the Government are so pleased to be dealing with within six months. I hope that we shall hear further explanation of the precise meaning of the government amendments. While I shall need to study the Government’s reply and to take further advice, I beg leave to withdraw Amendment 24. Amendment 24 withdrawn.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
709 c720-1 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Complaints Children Disclosure of information Conditions of employment Data protection Criminal records Biometrics Asylum Detainees Applications British nationality Airports Customs officers Customs Citizenship Borders Employment Families Fingerprints Immigration controls Immigration Genetics Undocumented migrants Human trafficking Foreign nationals Immigration officers Misconduct Offenders Personal records Northern Ireland Police Powers Public appointments Ports Passengers Proof of identity Migrant workers Travel Terrorism Training Security Refugees Voluntary work Revenue and Customs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland UK Border Agency
Legislation
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
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