Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill

moved Amendment No. 67:"After Clause 45, insert the following new clause—" ““JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT OF DETENTION (1)   If a person is detained under any provision of the 1971 Act, the Secretary of State must arrange a reference to the court no later than the eighth day following that on which the detained person was detained for the court to determine whether the detained person should be released on bail. (2)   If the detained person remains in detention, the Secretary of State must secure that a second reference to the court is made no later than the thirty-sixth day following that on which the detained person was detained. (3)   In this section ““court”” means the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal or such other court as the Secretary of State may specify in regulations made under this section.”” The noble Earl said: I have already had the opportunity to speak to the amendment. Before I withdraw it, I want to thank the Minister for her reply, as we ended rather abruptly on Tuesday. From reading the remarks that she made, I have not detected any real movement in government policy, but I know that she recognises the strength of feeling among the organisations and that she has an open mind. I can only say that I do not think it sufficient for detainees themselves to have to seek judicial review; I still believe that there should be an automatic right to object. I hope to come back to the issue at a later stage, but I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.