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Proceeding contribution from Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 July 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords].


Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords]

Since we last discussed the Bill on the Floor of the House of Commons, the Government have published a document that is very important—"Building Britain's Future". In the section on immigration, they pledge that we will move to a points system for citizenship so that we break the link between people coming here to work and their automatically becoming citizens. My hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Sussex (Mr. Soames) and I chair the all-party group on balanced migration and we have been pushing for that. Does the Bill bring us up to date with the latest Government development?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
496 c178 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Children Appeals Courts Asylum Detainees Deportation British nationality Borders Eligibility Immigration controls Immigration Human trafficking Judicial review Gurkhas Northern Ireland Migrant workers Republic of Ireland Detention centres UK Border Agency Highly skilled migrant programme Common travel area
Legislation
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk