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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that careful and determined explanation of where we started from, where we are going to and where we are. I do not want—and, I hope, neither do other noble Lords—to pass the buck to the other place. It may end up that way, but that is not how we should be doing business. I thank noble Lords from the Constitution Committee for their superbly argued case, which I found enlightening. If only I could be as eloquent as they are, it might help me and other noble Lords. The Minister has not really answered any of our doubts. I understand his concerns about security. I do not accept the scale of the problem or that there is not a much more focused way of managing this. The Minister, as an ex-serviceman of some standing, knows all about focus on particular targets. As I said in my opening speech, I do not feel that the noble Lord and his officials have really focused on this target. I wish to take the view of the House. Division on Amendment 54 Contents 193; Not-Contents 107. Amendment 54 agreed. Amendments 55 and 55A not moved.