UK Borders Bill
About these Parliamentary proceedings
Reference
694 c173-208GCSession
2006-07Legislative stage
Committee stageChamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand CommitteeRelated items
UK Borders Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 68-EN also published.
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution)
This has been very interesting. Until the Minister gave his explanation, I could not picture properl...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c205-6GC (Link to this contribution)
I agree that these things need to be properly tackled. It is understandable why a risk-based approac...
Show all contributions (62)
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c182GC (Link to this contribution)
That is precisely the point I was about to make. I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her support...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c191-2GC (Link to this contribution)
I do not think the Minister is doing it; he is relying on voluntary organisations and so on to disse...
Duke of Montrose | 694 c208GC (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for so thoroughly going over all the aspects of the Bill as it applies to Scotl...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution)
I do not think the powers will be different but the relationship with the police service will be of ...
Lord Avebury | 694 c197GC (Link to this contribution)
I am most grateful. On the criminal justice and immigration measure that is coming down the track, w...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c196-7GC (Link to this contribution)
I think it will be a new Bill but it will involve consolidation and simplification.
Let me turn my ...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c200-1GC (Link to this contribution)
I think I was saying that drugs, immigration, security and terrorism are reserved matters, but there...
Duke of Montrose | 694 c197-9GC (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend Lady Carnegy and I have given notice that we wish to oppose the Question whether Cla...
Lord Hylton | 694 c201GC (Link to this contribution)
Since nearly the whole Bill extends to Northern Ireland, I would like to say something about that ju...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c203-5GC (Link to this contribution)
I respect what the noble Baroness says. I am trying to set out the whole picture.
The issue of peop...
Lord Avebury | 694 c205GC (Link to this contribution)
Before the Minister sits down, would he deal, as he promised, with the point raised by my honourable...
Lord Avebury | 694 c174-6GC (Link to this contribution)
Raising the minimum age from 18 to 21 at which foreign nationals can get a marriage visa was foresha...
Lord Avebury | 694 c178-80GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 70:
70: Before Clause 56, insert the following new Clause—
““Access to immigra...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c182-3GC (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, expresses some misgivings about telephone advice schemes. All I can r...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c189-91GC (Link to this contribution)
I will just enjoy the disputation that has been laid before us and let noble Lords on the Lib Dem Be...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c188-9GC (Link to this contribution)
We all recognise the contribution made to the economy by many of the economic migrants from the A8 c...
Lord Dholakia | 694 c187-8GC (Link to this contribution)
I support this important suggestion of my noble friend Lord Roberts of Llandudno, because of my expe...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c184GC (Link to this contribution)
I invited the noble Lord to furnish us with some detail on that and I should be grateful if he could...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c193-4GC (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord could be right, but I suspect that perhaps he is not. This is something we can clear ...
Lord Avebury | 694 c193GC (Link to this contribution)
Section 88A states: "““A person may not appeal … against refusal of an application for entry clearan...
Lord Avebury | 694 c192-3GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 70B:
70B: Before Clause 56, insert the following new Clause—
““““Points-based”...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c207-8GC (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps I may offer this final reassurance. It is not in anyone’s interests to have porous borders. ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c197GC (Link to this contribution)
We have no problem with that.
Lord Avebury | 694 c197GC (Link to this contribution)
I do not think that we can take this matter very much further at this late stage. We welcome the con...
Lord Brougham and Vaux | 694 c199GC (Link to this contribution)
I must interrupt the noble Baroness because there is a Division in the House. The Committee stands a...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c199GC (Link to this contribution)
I should like to back up my noble friend because this matter is somewhat more important than the Min...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c203GC (Link to this contribution)
That provision was not mentioned. We were talking about Clauses 1 to 4.
Duke of Montrose | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution)
The powers of the immigration officers will be different depending on whether they are in Scotland o...
Lord Henley | 694 c173-4GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 69:
69: Before Clause 56, insert the following new Clause—
““Report on oversea...
Lord Haskel | 694 c173GC (Link to this contribution)
Good afternoon. I have to announce that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c176-7GC (Link to this contribution)
I will let noble Lords opposite think about what the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, said and ponder on th...
Lord Hylton | 694 c180GC (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord, Lord Avebury, has done a service to the Committee in bringing forward this amendment...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c180GC (Link to this contribution)
I strongly support my noble friend’s amendment. At the present time, all legislation seems to be mor...
Lord Hylton | 694 c182GC (Link to this contribution)
Before the noble Lord sits down, I should like briefly to return to the points I was making earlier ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c180-1GC (Link to this contribution)
I understand the motivation for this amendment but it is not one that we consider necessary. I shall...
Lord Dholakia | 694 c182GC (Link to this contribution)
I apologise for being late; I was tied up with the Statement on national security. I have two issues...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c187GC (Link to this contribution)
When the Minister replies, can he say what the Government’s attitude will be regarding information a...
Lord Avebury | 694 c184GC (Link to this contribution)
I fully accept what the Minister just said. I was simply seeking to build on what my noble friend sa...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c191GC (Link to this contribution)
I do not understand why the noble Lord is disappointed when I have already told him that we are doin...
Lord Avebury | 694 c194-5GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 71:
71: After Clause 57, insert the following new Clause—
““Consolidation
For ...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c196GC (Link to this contribution)
Does that mean it will not technically be a consolidation Bill, but rather a new Bill?
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 694 c206-7GC (Link to this contribution)
The risk-based approach could not work when applied to a liner arriving at Orkney, Shetland, Leith i...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution)
With private aircraft, advance notification must be given along with identification of who is coming...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c202-3GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Duke, the Duke of Montrose, and the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy of Lour....
Lord Avebury | 694 c201-2GC (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy, that this is a serious matter which concerns not only...
Duke of Montrose | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution)
I also asked whether the Minister envisaged separate training because of the different circumstances...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c206GC (Link to this contribution)
My understanding—I think I have made some reference to this in the past—is that immigration officers...
Lord Henley | 694 c177-8GC (Link to this contribution)
I am glad that I thought I saw some sign of movement from the Minister, in that he did not completel...
Lord Hylton | 694 c177GC (Link to this contribution)
Before the noble Lord, Lord Henley, replies, I should like to say something about entry clearance of...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c182GC (Link to this contribution)
Before the Minister replies, from these Benches may I say that the Government will strongly resist t...
Lord Avebury | 694 c183-4GC (Link to this contribution)
I will have to take advice from the TGWU and the JCWI to see what they think of the pilots. I am not...
Lord Avebury | 694 c186-7GC (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend is to be warmly congratulated on raising the important question of destitution among...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c185-6GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 70A:
70A: Before Clause 56, insert the following new Clause—
““Provision of in...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c191GC (Link to this contribution)
I am disappointed by the Minister’s response.
Lord Avebury | 694 c194GC (Link to this contribution)
I have great pleasure in accepting what the noble Lord has said and I beg leave to withdraw the amen...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 694 c192GC (Link to this contribution)
Following the Conservative ethic of enterprise, the leaflets could carry advertisements. Advertisers...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c192GC (Link to this contribution)
I hope I made the point throughout my contribution that I did not wish the Government to provide eve...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c193GC (Link to this contribution)
The entry clearance monitor plays a valuable role in monitoring the quality of entry clearance refus...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 694 c196GC (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for raising this matter. It is important that we hear from the...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 694 c196GC (Link to this contribution)
I always feel worried when I am confronted by a very reasonable question because I am not always sur...
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2024-02-08 19:20:05 +0000
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/PROCEEDING_65353
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/PROCEEDING_65353
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/PROCEEDING_65353