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UK Borders Bill

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

694 c173-208GC 

Session

2006-07

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Related items

UK Borders Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 68-EN also published.
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution) This has been very interesting. Until the Minister gave his explanation, I could not picture properl...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c205-6GC (Link to this contribution) I agree that these things need to be properly tackled. It is understandable why a risk-based approac...

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Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c182GC (Link to this contribution) That is precisely the point I was about to make. I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her support...

Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c191-2GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think the Minister is doing it; he is relying on voluntary organisations and so on to disse...

Duke of Montrose | 694 c208GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for so thoroughly going over all the aspects of the Bill as it applies to Scotl...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think the powers will be different but the relationship with the police service will be of ...

Lord Avebury | 694 c197GC (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful. On the criminal justice and immigration measure that is coming down the track, w...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c196-7GC (Link to this contribution) I think it will be a new Bill but it will involve consolidation and simplification. Let me turn my ...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c200-1GC (Link to this contribution) I think I was saying that drugs, immigration, security and terrorism are reserved matters, but there...

Duke of Montrose | 694 c197-9GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend Lady Carnegy and I have given notice that we wish to oppose the Question whether Cla...

Lord Hylton | 694 c201GC (Link to this contribution) Since nearly the whole Bill extends to Northern Ireland, I would like to say something about that ju...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c203-5GC (Link to this contribution) I respect what the noble Baroness says. I am trying to set out the whole picture. The issue of peop...

Lord Avebury | 694 c205GC (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister sits down, would he deal, as he promised, with the point raised by my honourable...

Lord Avebury | 694 c174-6GC (Link to this contribution) Raising the minimum age from 18 to 21 at which foreign nationals can get a marriage visa was foresha...

Lord Avebury | 694 c178-80GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 70: 70: Before Clause 56, insert the following new Clause— ““Access to immigra...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c182-3GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, expresses some misgivings about telephone advice schemes. All I can r...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c189-91GC (Link to this contribution) I will just enjoy the disputation that has been laid before us and let noble Lords on the Lib Dem Be...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c188-9GC (Link to this contribution) We all recognise the contribution made to the economy by many of the economic migrants from the A8 c...

Lord Dholakia | 694 c187-8GC (Link to this contribution) I support this important suggestion of my noble friend Lord Roberts of Llandudno, because of my expe...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c184GC (Link to this contribution) I invited the noble Lord to furnish us with some detail on that and I should be grateful if he could...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c193-4GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord could be right, but I suspect that perhaps he is not. This is something we can clear ...

Lord Avebury | 694 c193GC (Link to this contribution) Section 88A states: "““A person may not appeal … against refusal of an application for entry clearan...

Lord Avebury | 694 c192-3GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 70B: 70B: Before Clause 56, insert the following new Clause— ““““Points-based”...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c207-8GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may offer this final reassurance. It is not in anyone’s interests to have porous borders. ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c197GC (Link to this contribution) We have no problem with that.

Lord Avebury | 694 c197GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think that we can take this matter very much further at this late stage. We welcome the con...

Lord Brougham and Vaux | 694 c199GC (Link to this contribution) I must interrupt the noble Baroness because there is a Division in the House. The Committee stands a...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c199GC (Link to this contribution) I should like to back up my noble friend because this matter is somewhat more important than the Min...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c203GC (Link to this contribution) That provision was not mentioned. We were talking about Clauses 1 to 4.

Duke of Montrose | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution) The powers of the immigration officers will be different depending on whether they are in Scotland o...

Lord Henley | 694 c173-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 69: 69: Before Clause 56, insert the following new Clause— ““Report on oversea...

Lord Haskel | 694 c173GC (Link to this contribution) Good afternoon. I have to announce that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c176-7GC (Link to this contribution) I will let noble Lords opposite think about what the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, said and ponder on th...

Lord Hylton | 694 c180GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Avebury, has done a service to the Committee in bringing forward this amendment...

Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c180GC (Link to this contribution) I strongly support my noble friend’s amendment. At the present time, all legislation seems to be mor...

Lord Hylton | 694 c182GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord sits down, I should like briefly to return to the points I was making earlier ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c180-1GC (Link to this contribution) I understand the motivation for this amendment but it is not one that we consider necessary. I shall...

Lord Dholakia | 694 c182GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise for being late; I was tied up with the Statement on national security. I have two issues...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c187GC (Link to this contribution) When the Minister replies, can he say what the Government’s attitude will be regarding information a...

Lord Avebury | 694 c184GC (Link to this contribution) I fully accept what the Minister just said. I was simply seeking to build on what my noble friend sa...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c191GC (Link to this contribution) I do not understand why the noble Lord is disappointed when I have already told him that we are doin...

Lord Avebury | 694 c194-5GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 71: 71: After Clause 57, insert the following new Clause— ““Consolidation For ...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c196GC (Link to this contribution) Does that mean it will not technically be a consolidation Bill, but rather a new Bill?

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c206-7GC (Link to this contribution) The risk-based approach could not work when applied to a liner arriving at Orkney, Shetland, Leith i...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution) With private aircraft, advance notification must be given along with identification of who is coming...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c202-3GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Duke, the Duke of Montrose, and the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy of Lour....

Lord Avebury | 694 c201-2GC (Link to this contribution) I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy, that this is a serious matter which concerns not only...

Duke of Montrose | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution) I also asked whether the Minister envisaged separate training because of the different circumstances...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution) My understanding—I think I have made some reference to this in the past—is that immigration officers...

Lord Henley | 694 c177-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am glad that I thought I saw some sign of movement from the Minister, in that he did not completel...

Lord Hylton | 694 c177GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord, Lord Henley, replies, I should like to say something about entry clearance of...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c182GC (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister replies, from these Benches may I say that the Government will strongly resist t...

Lord Avebury | 694 c183-4GC (Link to this contribution) I will have to take advice from the TGWU and the JCWI to see what they think of the pilots. I am not...

Lord Avebury | 694 c186-7GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend is to be warmly congratulated on raising the important question of destitution among...

Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c185-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 70A: 70A: Before Clause 56, insert the following new Clause— ““Provision of in...

Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c191GC (Link to this contribution) I am disappointed by the Minister’s response.

Lord Avebury | 694 c194GC (Link to this contribution) I have great pleasure in accepting what the noble Lord has said and I beg leave to withdraw the amen...

Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c192GC (Link to this contribution) Following the Conservative ethic of enterprise, the leaflets could carry advertisements. Advertisers...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c192GC (Link to this contribution) I hope I made the point throughout my contribution that I did not wish the Government to provide eve...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c193GC (Link to this contribution) The entry clearance monitor plays a valuable role in monitoring the quality of entry clearance refus...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c196GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for raising this matter. It is important that we hear from the...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c196GC (Link to this contribution) I always feel worried when I am confronted by a very reasonable question because I am not always sur...

Subjects

Civil partnerships Appeals Detainees Age Devolution Employment Immigration Human trafficking EU accession Languages Migrants Legal Services Commission Entry clearances Legal opinion Immigration officers English language Medical examinations Pilot schemes Marriage Police Police custody Scotland Telephone services Shetland Orkney Interpreters Isle of Mull

Legislation

UK Borders Bill 2006-07

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