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Debate on bill on Wednesday, 29 March 2006, in the House of Commons.

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill 2005-06

Immigration Asylum and Nationality Bill. Programme motion (No 3) on consideration of Lords amendments and subsequent stages. Agreed to on division (317 to 247). Consideration of Lords amendments. Lords amendments 1 to 17, 19 to 40 agreed to. Amendment proposed to Lords amendment No 18 negatived on division (89 to 308) and the Lords amendment agreed to.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
444 c896-934 
Session
2005-06
Department
Home Office
Legislative stage
Lords amendments
Procedure
Programme motions
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Immigration Asylum and Nationality Bill. Lords amendments.
Tuesday, 14 March 2006
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 444 c901 (Link to this contribution) I must draw the House’s attention to the fact that privilege is involved in Lords amendments Nos. 18...
Neil Gerrard | 444 c907 (Link to this contribution) It is very common to see people who are not clear about such matters, but most of the people whom I ...
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Peter Bone | 444 c907 (Link to this contribution) : Does the hon. Gentleman agree that confusion about the matter is a big problem? People bring vario...
Tony McNulty | 444 c908 (Link to this contribution) I was asked to respond to a couple of points. I shall happily take back to Baroness Ashton people’s ...
David Heath | 444 c907-8 (Link to this contribution) With the use of several metaphors, the hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green) told us how late he ha...
Neil Gerrard | 444 c906-7 (Link to this contribution) : I will be brief. The amendments go a long way towards answering many of the concerns that were rai...
David Heath | 444 c911-2 (Link to this contribution) Again, I do not need to take long. I entirely welcome the fact that the amendment was moved and acce...
Tony McNulty | 444 c909-10 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment. If the interplay betwee...
Damian Green | 444 c910 (Link to this contribution) This will be the apogee of cross-party agreement on the Bill in some ways, since I am inevitably hap...
Peter Bone | 444 c911 (Link to this contribution) Sitting in my surgery and listening to the people who come in and say that their applications have ...
Damian Green | 444 c911 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes one of the many good points that are made by those who suffer under the current...
Peter Bone | 444 c904 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister knows, I write to him frequently because of the immigration issues that arise in my ...
Tony McNulty | 444 c903-4 (Link to this contribution) In relation specifically to the amendment, my hon. Friend is right. In the wider context of certific...
Neil Gerrard | 444 c903 (Link to this contribution) May I return to the point raised by the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow)? I believe that it ...
Tony McNulty | 444 c903 (Link to this contribution) I shall return to the stereo in a moment. First, if I may, I shall finish my sentence. We think tha...
Tony McNulty | 444 c905 (Link to this contribution) I shall need to check. The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee asked us to adopt the af...
Damian Green | 444 c905-6 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the whole House was delighted to see the Minister rise to move this group of amendmen...
Tony McNulty | 444 c904-5 (Link to this contribution) In answer to the second question, I can say—without tempting presumption in relation to this House o...
Tony McNulty | 444 c904 (Link to this contribution) I cannot claim that the amendments will deal with the much-vexed issue of the 13-week clause in lett...
John Bercow | 444 c904 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister will know, the demography of my constituency is such that I do not receive a large n...
Tony McNulty | 444 c913-4 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure whether to continue with my intervention or to begin it again. The law in this instan...
Keith Vaz | 444 c914 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point about the number of changes to immigration law that have...
Damian Green | 444 c914 (Link to this contribution) I believe that to be the case. I apologise if I was misinterpreting the amendments. My understanding...
Damian Green | 444 c914 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. Like him, I have had meetings with trade groups, particularly from the ...
Keith Vaz | 444 c914-5 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, may I reinforce the point made by the hon. Members for Buckingham (John Bercow) and for Ash...
Speaker | 444 c915 (Link to this contribution) Order. I was anxious not to cut off the hon. Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz) in mid-speech, b...
David Heath | 444 c915-6 (Link to this contribution) I particularly welcome your comments, Mr. Deputy Speaker, as there is a risk of our not reaching som...
David Heath | 444 c912 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more. When I was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, we examined closely co...
Keith Vaz | 444 c912 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman has covered the point, I do not need to go on about all the ethnic restaurants...
Tony McNulty | 444 c913 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.
Tony McNulty | 444 c912 (Link to this contribution) I will be specific at length afterwards, but I do not want to waste people’s time now, as the hon. G...
Tony McNulty | 444 c912 (Link to this contribution) There is little to come back on. I thank hon. Members for their comments. The Bill will be improved ...
Damian Green | 444 c913 (Link to this contribution) I will not bombard the Minister with any more facts, because I know that under the bluster he is a s...
Speaker | 444 c913 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before the Minister intervenes, I must say that none of the amendments relates to the public ...
Speaker | 444 c913 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to take Lords amendments Nos. 12 to 16.
Tony McNulty | 444 c913 (Link to this contribution) These amendments are all, in the main, fairly minor and technical. Some go to points made by the Del...
Stewart Hosie | 444 c924 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that, if the vouchers are the only method of obtaining goods or services, th...
Speaker | 444 c919 (Link to this contribution) It is a bit difficult for the Chair to decide who to call if everybody who wants to address the Hous...
Evan Harris | 444 c923 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s speech. He is becoming increasing liberal on these issues, which is g...
John Bercow | 444 c923-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is being unduly cheeky at this hour of the day. Rome was not built in a day. I yi...
David Heath | 444 c921-2 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and we are against it existing now, but it does. I have not said, as some have done, that this ...
John Bercow | 444 c922-3 (Link to this contribution) The speech of the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Gerrard) was inspired by compassion and delivered...
David Heath | 444 c921 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the speech made by the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Gerrard), which he pitched e...
Damian Green | 444 c919-20 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I wish to speak principally to amendment (b), which stands in my ...
Keith Vaz | 444 c920-1 (Link to this contribution) I commend the passionate and articulate speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Ger...
David Heath | 444 c919 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry, but I did not hear whether you said my name or Mr. Green’s.
Speaker | 444 c916 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment (b) to the Lords amendment.
Neil Gerrard | 444 c917-9 (Link to this contribution) There has been a misunderstanding about Lords amendment No. 18 and section 4 of the Immigration and ...
Speaker | 444 c916 (Link to this contribution) Order. I have been calling the Minister routinely, but as we are dealing with Lords amendments, he w...
Tony McNulty | 444 c916 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, and at the risk of challenging the Deputy Speaker’s exhortation, I shal...
Tony McNulty | 444 c916 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment. The House will be happy...
Neil Gerrard | 444 c916 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move amendment (a) to the Lords amendment.
Neil Gerrard | 444 c931 (Link to this contribution) I listened carefully to the Minister’s reply, but I have to say that I do not understand his reasoni...
Tony McNulty | 444 c930-1 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has half made me regret giving way, but his intervention gives me a chance to loo...
John Bercow | 444 c924-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. I was trying to be as fair to the Government as possible, but I agree w...
James Brokenshire | 444 c925-6 (Link to this contribution) It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (John Bercow), although I...
Tony McNulty | 444 c926-8 (Link to this contribution) Whether or not I agree with them, there have been some excellent contributions to the debate. With d...
John Bercow | 444 c928 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the broadening of support, but still feel that the rather arbitrary prohibition—for that i...
Tony McNulty | 444 c928-9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will know that I have been very careful in my words and I have not discussed pull...
John McDonnell | 444 c929 (Link to this contribution) I want to place on record the fact that many hon. Members on both sides of the House are concerned. ...
Tony McNulty | 444 c929 (Link to this contribution) Again, I would reverse the argument. Under the NASS contracts, a substantive package of support is p...
Tony McNulty | 444 c929-30 (Link to this contribution) I will give way in a moment. It would be useful to let me finish the sentence. Equally, underlying ...
Evan Harris | 444 c930 (Link to this contribution) I fear that I cannot guarantee the Minister that. We all appreciate the concession that has been mad...
Tony McNulty | 444 c901 (Link to this contribution) If I may, I shall progress beyond the first paragraph before giving way. The amendments will restor...
Keith Vaz | 444 c901 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend give way?
Tony McNulty | 444 c902-3 (Link to this contribution) That is an entirely fair point. We do not intend to use that power with any repetition or regularity...
John Bercow | 444 c902 (Link to this contribution) The Minister referred to the assumption of a new order-making power and to a category of persons to ...
Tony McNulty | 444 c901-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know that that point bears no relation to this set of amendments, but I am more ...
Keith Vaz | 444 c901 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to have interrupted my hon. Friend before he gave us the good news. I welcome the fact th...
Tony McNulty | 444 c903 (Link to this contribution) The main purpose is to establish a one-stop appeal process and for all matters to be considered on t...
Philip Hollobone | 444 c903 (Link to this contribution) By how much will the appeal process be shortened if the Government amendments are passed?
Speaker | 444 c901 (Link to this contribution) With this we may discuss Lords amendments Nos. 2 to 5, 7 to 10, 20, 32 to 37, 39 and 40.
Tony McNulty | 444 c901 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.
Tony McNulty | 444 c901 (Link to this contribution) This group of amendments is a package that will allow all decisions to be considered in a single set...
John Bercow | 444 c914 (Link to this contribution) The fact that the Lords amendments are silent about sectors does not in itself make them unclear or ...
Damian Green | 444 c914 (Link to this contribution) That is right. Clearly, there are problems that affect small businesses in the private sector, espec...
Subjects
Appeals Asylum Employment Housing Immigration controls Immigration Entry clearances Payments Voucher schemes
Legislation
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill 2005-06
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