UK Borders Bill

I was being collegiate in terms of this debate. I would not seek to embarrass the noble Viscount in any way, nor suggest that he was departing from the Benches opposite. In concert with my friend, the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, we take a common view that the adoption of PACE codes would be unnecessarily bureaucratic, inflexible and perhaps inappropriate. However, we are trying to bring in to our standard operating procedures the spirit of those PACE codes in the way in which these matters will be conducted and the oversight and accountability mechanisms in place. We will have the benefit of PACE, which we all agree has worked very well over the past 23 years, but we will also have some necessary flexibility. There will no doubt be an opportunity between Committee and Report for noble Lords to reflect on the drafts that have been provided.