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UK Borders Bill

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 13 June 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Scotland of Asthal. The answering member was Baroness Anelay of St Johns.
UK Borders Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

692 c1708-53 

Session

2006-07

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
UK Borders Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 68-EN also published.
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP 06/1560
Tuesday, 25 July 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Stern | 692 c1753 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister consider that I was quoting literally word for word from the report of t...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c1753 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very heartened to hear the noble Baroness, Lady Stern, say that. Of course we have to...

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Lord Hylton | 692 c1748 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not see how there can be a compromise on a question of this kind. Either the Bill is ...
Lord Avebury | 692 c1752 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the Minister that her honourable friend Mr Byrne said, in answer to Question 498 ...
Bishop of Winchester | 692 c1753 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think that any of us would think that it was deliberate. The question at issue is...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c1752-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that Mr Byrne has had to take a view in relation to how to improve the system in t...
Bishop of Winchester | 692 c1753 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister respond to the point that I made about the effects of the policy, delibe...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c1753 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to hear that that is the general view. I simply say to the noble Barone...
Lord Judd | 692 c1722-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the words of the right reverend Prelate are extremely significant as we start our delibera...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c1715 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, goes any further, I understand his passion and I unde...
Lord Avebury | 692 c1715-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was not going to mention this, but it was the noble Baroness who gave me and my noble fr...
Bishop of Winchester | 692 c1719-22 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a real privilege to follow the noble Lord’s speech, with its marvellous controlled p...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c1712-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when the Minister in charge of the Bill, Mr Byrne, introduced it in another place, he bega...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c1708-11 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. Last summer, my right honourable f...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c1747-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for a very interesting and stimulating debate. I shall start by co...
Lord Avebury | 692 c1748 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness. It is the practice not to send highly controvers...
Lord Dholakia | 692 c1741-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we now come to the concluding part of this important debate. Noble Lords have highlighted ...
Lord Henley | 692 c1745-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think it was Winston Churchill who asked to have his pudding removed because he said it ...
Earl of Sandwich | 692 c1739-41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I first looked at the language of the Bill, I began to wonder what century we were in...
Earl of Listowel | 692 c1735-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by welcoming the opening speeches from the government Front Bench and the oppositi...
Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 692 c1733-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, am grateful to be a part of this positive debate about ways in which we can improv...
Baroness Stern | 692 c1730-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad to have an opportunity to participate in this debate about another immigration B...
Lord Hylton | 692 c1727-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this Bill is another example of the Home Office doctrine that urgent social problems can b...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 692 c1725-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I feel privileged to take part in the debate. I also feel that I am among friends because ...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c1748-52 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, of course I hear what the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, says, and I join in wishing him a very ...
Lord Avebury | 692 c1715 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I register a protest at the decision to shunt this Bill off into Grand Committee, a...
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