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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

My Lords, the Government have made considerable concessions in this area. Your Lordships will recall that we were united across parties, and Lord Kingsland, in particular, was very forceful on the subject of the transfer of judicial reviews to the new tribunal system. However, the Minister has now introduced a new clause, which means that no immigration or nationality law judicial review will be able to be transferred to the upper tribunal, except those which challenge a decision by the Secretary of State not to treat further submissions as a fresh asylum or human rights claim. There has been compromise on all sides in reaching the position that we now have with the government amendments. We have accepted that the issue of fresh claims needs to be dealt with speedily, as the judiciary have consistently argued, and the Government have accepted the need to come back with primary legislation in order to transfer further classes of cases into the new tribunal system. Therefore, we welcome the Government’s amendments.