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UK Borders Bill

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

695 c405-56 

Session

2006-07

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

UK Borders Bill. As amended in Grand Committee.
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c439 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is Report stage, and it would not be my usual practice to respond to an intervention ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c443-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, an asylum claimant whose claim for refugee status is refused, but who is none the less gra...

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Lord Avebury | 695 c442-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Judd, explained in some detail what happened following the publicatio...

Lord Avebury | 695 c436-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 27A: 27A: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause— ““Immigration cont...

Lord Avebury | 695 c438 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I challenge the noble Lord. I do not believe that local authorities arrange for dental X-r...

Lord Judd | 695 c451 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that my noble friend will agree that I am not being mischievous in suggesting th...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c453-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, exception 2 in Clause 33(3) means that foreign criminals aged under 18 when convicted will...

Lord Avebury | 695 c447-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Judd, will recall that at the end of June a debate on this subject wa...

Lord Judd | 695 c445-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 30: 30: Clause 31, page 17, line 26, at end insert— ““(5) Where there are reas...

Lord Judd | 695 c455-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have listened to my noble friend’s reply. I am sorry that on my penultimate intervention...

Lord Avebury | 695 c408-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is certainly not constructive for the Conservative Front Bench to fail to make any stat...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c409 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am prepared to say that—and I do not want to get into the practice of jumping back into ...

Lord Avebury | 695 c409 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my figures are not speculative; they come from the Government. I talked about the 450,000 ...

Bishop of Winchester | 695 c410 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord continues to his peroration, I wonder whether he might have had it i...

Lord Avebury | 695 c410 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the right reverend Prelate repeated, the Minister's premise, with which he began his ar...

Lord Avebury | 695 c411-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 19: 19: Clause 19, page 12, line 22, leave out ““, and at the time of making,”...

Baroness Hanham | 695 c412 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, where I have a feeling that I can make a contribution to the Bill, I will make it, and whe...

Lord Avebury | 695 c413-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will have to be satisfied with what the Minister said in his concluding sentence. I hone...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c415-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand the background to the amendment and know that it arose from concern about the...

Lord Avebury | 695 c416-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome what the Minister said about improving the consultation process. I hope that he ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c419-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for raising the issue as it enables the Government to set out...

Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 695 c422 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendments Nos. 23 and 24 and I hope that the Government will be able to accept ...

Baroness Hanham | 695 c429 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there has been unanimity among those who have spoken and I understand that the matter was ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c429 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, for raising this issue again, as it enables me to c...

Lord Goodhart | 695 c429 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was going to say that the year was 1961, but I think that that was backdating from 1979....

Baroness Hanham | 695 c424 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister; ““one up and one down”” is how I see this afternoon’s effort. I am g...

Lord Goodhart | 695 c425-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 25: 25: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause— ““Children of female...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c431 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand what the reservation relates to. We will look into these issues in the contex...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c430-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is one reason why I want to clarify things. The legislation therefore provided for th...

Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 695 c434-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, give wholehearted support to the amendment of the noble Earl, Lord Listowel. I do ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c435-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment would establish guidelines to specify the maximum period of time for which ...

Lord Avebury | 695 c433-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Earl never ceases to be vigilant in his defence of the rights of children, and h...

Lord Judd | 695 c434 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am certain that my noble friend will not accept the amendment; it is not difficult to ma...

Earl of Listowel | 695 c431-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 27: 27: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause— ““Detained children:...

Earl of Sandwich | 695 c407 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are so conditioned to think of asylum seekers as taking things away from our society th...

Bishop of Winchester | 695 c407 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is just another example of how much we owe to the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, and other...

Lord Avebury | 695 c405-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 18: 18: After Clause 17, insert the following new Clause— ““Permission to work...

Lord Judd | 695 c440-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 28: 28: After Clause 22, insert the following new Clause— ““Appeal rights In s...

Lord Avebury | 695 c440 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has confirmed my worst fears; that he is going to disregard all professional ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c437-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that this amendment has been tabled because of concerns about proposals conta...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c438-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am advised that some local authorities use dental X-rays in that way. I asked officials ...

Lord Judd | 695 c451-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 31: 31: Clause 33, page 18, line 25, leave out ““conviction”” and insert ““the...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c449-51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, despite my resistance to this amendment, which will become clear, I sincerely welcome the ...

Lord Judd | 695 c445 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his reply, and the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for his important...

Bishop of Winchester | 695 c447 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. First, I pass on the apologies of my friend the right rever...

Baroness Hanham | 695 c446-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lady Anelay tabled a similar amendment in Committee, so I support what the...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 695 c456 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that further consideration on Report be now adjourned. Move accordingly, an...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c410 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I really do not want to get into this as a practice, but I want to make this plain. I am n...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c412-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 19 will ensure that in appeals brought against refusals of applications made under ...

Lord Avebury | 695 c414-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 21: 21: Clause 20, page 13, line 17, at end insert— ““(2B) In making regulatio...

Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 695 c417-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 22: 22: After Clause 20, insert the following new Clause— ““Legal aid Where th...

Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 695 c420 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and I was glad to hear his assurance that the Govern...

Bishop of Winchester | 695 c418 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in passing, it would be especially serious if the applicant were back in the DRC or Somali...

Earl of Sandwich | 695 c418-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall add a word in support of the amendment. The right reverend Prelate has put it very...

Baroness Hanham | 695 c420-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 23: 23: Clause 21, page 13, line 29, at end insert ““and their welfare is prom...

Lord Avebury | 695 c421-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as these amendments raise two issues that we discussed as recently as Tuesday, I can be ve...

Lord Higgins | 695 c428-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the third item of business on today's Order Paper on which I intervene. It may be ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c422-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank those who have participated in the discussion, because important issues have been ...

Lord Avebury | 695 c426-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I warmly congratulate my noble friend Lord Goodhart on finally achieving a solution to a p...

Lord Avebury | 695 c431 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I referred to the convention on the elimination of discrimination against women.

Earl of Listowel | 695 c436 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his careful reply to my amendment. I am grateful to the noble Lor...

Lord Goodhart | 695 c431 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Government, and particularly to the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, for...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 695 c407-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it does not look as if we are going to hear from Conservative Benches on this issue, and I...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c408 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment gives the Secretary of State power to make provisions to give permission to...

Lord Winston | 695 c439 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must voice some disquiet at the use of ionising radiation in any form when it is for the...

Lord Avebury | 695 c453 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment deals with persons who have been sentenced to at least 12 months or convict...

Lord Avebury | 695 c418 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we support this amendment and have experience, through talking to lawyers, of the difficul...

Subjects

Children Codes of practice Appeals Asylum Deportation Age Borders Employment Fees and charges Families Human rights Legal aid scheme Immigration Drugs Undocumented migrants Human trafficking Migrants EU action Ionizing radiation Nationality Proof of identity Registration Border and Immigration Agency

Legislation

UK Borders Bill 2006-07

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