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Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill

Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Thursday, 19 January 2006, in the House of Lords.
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill. Lords Committee stage fourth day. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Moses room). Clauses 44-61 agreed to. Schedules 2 and 3 agreed to. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 66 2005-06)

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Reference

677 c253-90GC 

Session

2005-06

Department

Home Office
Committee of the Whole House (HL)

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Related items

Immigration Asylum and Nationality Bill. Brought from Commons. Explanatory note HL Bill 43-EN also published.
Thursday, 17 November 2005
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Hylton | 677 c257GC (Link to this contribution) I fully sympathise with the Minister in the amount of paper that it is possible to receive and try t...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c261-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the clarity with which noble Lords have explained what they are seeking in these p...

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Lord Dholakia | 677 c275GC (Link to this contribution) There is confusion in this matter. When one is asked to specify one’s nationality, and if one has a ...
Lord Judd | 677 c276GC (Link to this contribution) Yes, but! I am sure that the advice that the Minister received was given in good faith, but it does ...
Earl of Sandwich | 677 c288GC (Link to this contribution) I am not sure whether the noble Baroness answered the point about the European convention or the que...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c288-9GC (Link to this contribution) I would not put it as strongly as ““hesitate””. Before making a final decision, the Government are l...
Lord Dholakia | 677 c278GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. She was trying to be very helpful. Unfortunately, I am still not convinced by ...
Lord Dholakia | 677 c279-80GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that reply. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, wi...
Lord Dholakia | 677 c253-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 66A:"After Clause 43, insert the following new clause—" ““SECTION 9 OF NATIONA...
Lord Dholakia | 677 c264-5GC (Link to this contribution) May I ask one simple question, which relates to the JCHR communication? The JCHR says that it is unn...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c265GC (Link to this contribution) It is not a question of negating the convention. The issue is that, as we have said, we think it imp...
Lord Hylton | 677 c265-6GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her response to my amendment. In spite of the quite indifferent acoustics o...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c275GC (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I quite understand what the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, is getting at with that ques...
Lord Hylton | 677 c275GC (Link to this contribution) Do I deduce from what the Minister said that Commonwealth citizens are being put in a superior situa...
Lord Hylton | 677 c272-3GC (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd, because it seems to me that these clauses are f...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 677 c273GC (Link to this contribution) I should like to add my voice to those of noble Lords who have already spoken on this matter. It see...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 677 c283-6GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, for giving us another opportunity to debate this matte...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c288GC (Link to this contribution) I understood the point about the European convention, and I apologise. We have not signed it yet but...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 677 c289GC (Link to this contribution) If the noble Earl pursues this matter and the noble Baroness replies next time, she will have to rem...
Lord Hylton | 677 c289-90GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her full reply, which on the whole I thought was sympathetic. I noted, in p...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c277-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful that I appear to be helping my noble friend; it is always a pleasure when I do. I was ...
Lord Judd | 677 c277GC (Link to this contribution) I think that my noble friend is being helpful, but she is demonstrating exactly the importance of th...
Earl of Sandwich | 677 c283GC (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend’s Amendment No. 74. He has already mentioned the Poppy Accommodation and S...
Lord Hylton | 677 c280-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 73:"After Clause 56, insert the following new clause—" ““TRAFFICKED PERSONS: L...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c254-5GC (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia. I recognise that he is speaking on behalf of hi...
Lord Hylton | 677 c257-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 69:"Page 29, line 19, at end insert—" ““(   )   The Refugee Convention shall n...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 677 c258GC (Link to this contribution) I have a small matter to raise on the basis that the Clause 52 stand part debate is grouped with thi...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 677 c258-9GC (Link to this contribution) As my noble friend Lord Hylton has said, Clause 52 has probably occasioned more criticism than any o...
Earl of Sandwich | 677 c265GC (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that the Minister has taken up the point made by Mr. Neil Gerrard in Standing Committe...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c265GC (Link to this contribution) Not really, in that the answer speaks for itself. I have tried to be as clear as I can, and certainl...
Lord Dholakia | 677 c266-71GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 70:"Page 29, line 32, leave out subsection (1)." The noble Lord said: Amendment...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 677 c271GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the Minister can provide some clarification. I was trying very hard to follow what the noble...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 677 c275GC (Link to this contribution) Would the Indian of whom the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, speaks, who has been given citizenship of In...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c273-5GC (Link to this contribution) I agree with all noble Lords who have spoken about the importance that we should attach to citizensh...
Lord Judd | 677 c271-2GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, with his usual thoroughness, has put the case so well that it is diff...
Lord Hylton | 677 c290GC (Link to this contribution) With those few remarks, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Am...
Lord Geddes | 677 c290GC (Link to this contribution) That concludes the Committee’s proceedings on the Bill.
Lord Dholakia | 677 c286GC (Link to this contribution) I support both amendments moved by the noble Lord, Lord Hylton. He has been at the forefront of this...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c276-7GC (Link to this contribution) I take it seriously but, actually, I disagree. For me the principal concept of citizenship is that p...
Lord Dholakia | 677 c279GC (Link to this contribution) I again thank the Minister for her explanation. We shall certainly return to this matter on Report. ...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c278-9GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think that I even attempted to answer the points made in relation to Amendments Nos. 71 and...
Earl of Sandwich | 677 c255GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 67:"After Clause 45, insert the following new clause—" ““JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT OF...
Lord Hylton | 677 c255-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 68:"After Clause 45, insert the following new clause—" ““DETENTION CENTRES: RE...
Lord Dholakia | 677 c255GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. As I said, I would be grateful if she could give us either a timetable of when...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c256-7GC (Link to this contribution) This is where I fall to pieces in terms of procedure, because, as the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, said,...
Lord Dholakia | 677 c259-61GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment No. 69 is grouped with Clause 52 stand part. It may be appropriate for me to speak to the ...
Lord Judd | 677 c275GC (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that the argument put forward by the Joint Committee was rather important in...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c275GC (Link to this contribution) I was trying to explain that either the provisions apply to those who have dual nationality—dual cit...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c275-6GC (Link to this contribution) Certain people who are citizens of Commonwealth countries have a right of abode in the UK. The claus...
Lord Judd | 677 c276GC (Link to this contribution) I believe that my noble friend is trying to be helpful, and we are all grateful for that.
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c286-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord for raising a very important issue. I have listened with g...
Earl of Sandwich | 677 c288GC (Link to this contribution) I asked whether the problem of the reflection period has made the Government hesitate to sign the co...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c289GC (Link to this contribution) I was not relying on that document. I was relying on one which tackles human trafficking. The noble ...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 677 c279GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is never boring. The articles and elements of previous legislation are critical. Havi...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 677 c282-3GC (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment No. 73 and I shall speak also to Amendment No. 74, with which it is grouped. In...

Subjects

Asylum
Detainees
Deportation
British nationality
Eligibility
Immigration controls
Immigration
Undocumented migrants
Human trafficking
Exemptions
Prosecutions
Paternity
Refugees
Safety
Trials
Victims
Dual nationality

Legislation

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill 2005-06

Link

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