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UK Borders Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 16 October 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on UK Borders Bill.
My Lords, that is a very satisfactory reply. My excuse for tabling this amendment again is that we heard further from representatives of the TGWU after the matter was raised in Grand Committee. At that point, their anxieties were not assuaged. However, what the Minister said this afternoon will go a long way towards satisfying them that adequate arrangements have been made and that their clients will not be left in the lurch for a whole five days without any access to advice. I hope that the information that will be published in November—the Minister said that it would be given to practitioners in advance of being placed on the website—will be distributed to the TGWU, which is the main agent of concern over the question of access to advice in police custody. I am also grateful to the Minister for saying that he will ensure that other organisations that have raised the matter with us, particularly the Poppy Project, which mentioned this in its current research, are brought into the picture next time there is an opportunity to raise it with them. In the circumstances, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

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Reference

695 c671 

Session

2006-07

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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