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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, said that the Government have made considerable concessions to the united opposition on this matter. I think the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd, said much the same. I was going to use slightly more robust words and say that it looked to me like a fairly complete climbdown by the Government, for which we are very grateful. As the noble Lord will be aware, Lord Kingsland was very rightly exercised by the Government reneging on a commitment given to this House some time earlier by the noble Baroness, Lady Ashton, that more transfers of judicial functions from the High Court to the tribunal would not be made without Parliament having a proper say. By accepting that no more transfers can be made without primary legislation, we believe that the Government are simply making good their own promise. Therefore, I welcome these amendments which the Government have brought forward.