(5) when she plans to launch a consultation on migrant women who are victims of domestic violence and have no recourse to public funds.

(5) when she plans to launch a consultation on migrant women who are victims of domestic violence and have no recourse to public funds.

(3) what estimate she has made of the number of migrant women who are victims of domestic violence and who have no recourse to public funds;

(3) what estimate she has made of the number of migrant women who are victims of domestic violence and who have no recourse to public funds;

(4) what estimate she has made of the cost of providing support for migrant women who have no recourse to public funds while their application for indefinite leave to remain is considered;

(4) what estimate she has made of the cost of providing support for migrant women who have no recourse to public funds while their application for indefinite leave to remain is considered;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what discussions she has had on potential revisions to the no recourse to public funds rule for migrant women subjected to domestic violence;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what discussions she has had on potential revisions to the no recourse to public funds rule for migrant women subjected to domestic violence;

(2) what estimate she has made of the number of migrant women subject to the no recourse to public funds rule who would become eligible for retrospective support if their application for independent leave to remain were successful;

(2) what estimate she has made of the number of migrant women subject to the no recourse to public funds rule who would become eligible for retrospective support if their application for independent leave to remain were successful;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are unlawfully at large having been removed from prison to immigration centres and subsequently released into the community.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are unlawfully at large having been removed from prison to immigration centres and subsequently released into the community.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees there were at each immigration removal centre on 31 October 2008; and what percentage of those detainees in each centre were former foreign national prisoners.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees there were at each immigration removal centre on 31 October 2008; and what percentage of those detainees in each centre were former foreign national prisoners.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration offenders are in detention in (a) detention centres, (b) police cells, (c) prisons and (d) other institutions.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration offenders are in detention in (a) detention centres, (b) police cells, (c) prisons and (d) other institutions.

(2) how many people are on the waiting list for English language tests for visa applicants in each (a) country and (b) British mission in the Asian subcontinent.

(2) how many people are on the waiting list for English language tests for visa applicants in each (a) country and (b) British mission in the Asian subcontinent.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people are on the waiting list for English language tests for visa applicants in South Africa;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people are on the waiting list for English language tests for visa applicants in South Africa;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the fees are for applications made in person at public inquiry offices for (a) indefinite leave to remain and (b) leave to remain.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the fees are for applications made in person at public inquiry offices for (a) indefinite leave to remain and (b) leave to remain.

Statement of changes in Immigration Rules (HC 1113 2007-08). Lords debate on a motion to disapprove. Motion disagreed to on division (31 to 75).

Statement of changes in Immigration Rules (HC 1113 2007-08). Lords debate on a motion to disapprove. Motion disagreed to on division (31 to 75).

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for introducing the debate this evening. As he indicated, the TUC feels quite strongly about these changes in the Immigration Rules and has sent me a very substantial brief about it. As already indicated by the noble Lord, the TUC has...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for introducing the debate this evening. As he indicated, the TUC feels quite strongly about these changes in the Immigration Rules and has sent me a very substantial brief about it. As already indicated by the noble Lord, the TUC has...

My Lords, just to make sure there is no misunderstanding, I was trying to find the definition of permissible activities on the website this morning. I can assure the Minister that that has still not appeared.

My Lords, just to make sure there is no misunderstanding, I was trying to find the definition of permissible activities on the website this morning. I can assure the Minister that that has still not appeared.

rose to move, That the statement, laid before the House on 4 November, be disapproved. The noble Lord said: My Lords, Phil Woolas says, ““We have to bloody well talk about immigration””, so I am sure he will be pleased that we have managed to secure time for this debate...

rose to move, That the statement, laid before the House on 4 November, be disapproved. The noble Lord said: My Lords, Phil Woolas says, ““We have to bloody well talk about immigration””, so I am sure he will be pleased that we have managed to secure time for this debate...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for again bringing this issue before the House. I wish to speak in the same spirit as the noble Baronesses, Lady Sharp and Lady Williams, particularly with respect to how this legislation affects higher education. The point has already been made...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for again bringing this issue before the House. I wish to speak in the same spirit as the noble Baronesses, Lady Sharp and Lady Williams, particularly with respect to how this legislation affects higher education. The point has already been made...

My Lords, I rise to speak on behalf of the universities that have been affected as one of the unintended consequences of this legislation. The right reverend Prelate mentioned that working holidays for younger people visiting this country were now effectively at an end. It should also be recognised that...

My Lords, I rise to speak on behalf of the universities that have been affected as one of the unintended consequences of this legislation. The right reverend Prelate mentioned that working holidays for younger people visiting this country were now effectively at an end. It should also be recognised that...

My Lords, I intervene briefly to say that this is a spectacular own goal by the Government. The point made by my noble friend Lady Sharp of Guildford is central: looking at the development of universities as they come to terms with global research and the global exchange of information,...

My Lords, I intervene briefly to say that this is a spectacular own goal by the Government. The point made by my noble friend Lady Sharp of Guildford is central: looking at the development of universities as they come to terms with global research and the global exchange of information,...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for challenging the changes to the Immigration Rules and for raising the issues presented by them. I shall refer particularly to the ways in which rules based primarily on economic considerations can have deep cultural effects, which may...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for challenging the changes to the Immigration Rules and for raising the issues presented by them. I shall refer particularly to the ways in which rules based primarily on economic considerations can have deep cultural effects, which may...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, beat me to it on this debate, although my right honourable friend the Leader of the Opposition has tabled an Early Day Motion in the other place, where he beat the Liberal Democrats. He put down the Motion so that this extremely important...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, beat me to it on this debate, although my right honourable friend the Leader of the Opposition has tabled an Early Day Motion in the other place, where he beat the Liberal Democrats. He put down the Motion so that this extremely important...