UK Borders Bill

I agree entirely with the noble Lord, Lord Hylton. I support the amendment, but perhaps for completely different reasons from those of the noble Lord, Lord Judd. His amendment points to the hypocrisy of what the Government are calling ““automatic deportation””. There is nothing automatic about the provisions here. Of course, the Government know that deportations cannot be automatic, because they know that the procedures must be subject to our various conventions and to rules on human rights. We understand that. It is absolutely right that the noble Lords, Lord Judd and Lord Hylton, should draw attention to the fact that deportation orders should be made as soon as is reasonably practicable and that they should not be subject to inefficiency in any government department. Where legal remedies have been sought and appeals processes have been exhausted, surely we should simply get on with it and resolve the matter, not only for the well-being of the person who is to be deported, as other noble Lords have argued, but for the well-being of people in this country who want to see them go.