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UK Borders Bill

Debate on bills on Thursday, 11 October 2007, in the House of Lords.
UK Borders Bill. Lords Report stage second day. Part 2 of 2 records.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

695 c405-56 

Session

2006-07

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
UK Borders Bill. As amended in Grand Committee.
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c439 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is Report stage, and it would not be my usual practice to respond to an intervention ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c443-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, an asylum claimant whose claim for refugee status is refused, but who is none the less gra...

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Lord Avebury | 695 c442-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Judd, explained in some detail what happened following the publicatio...
Lord Avebury | 695 c436-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 27A: 27A: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause— ““Immigration cont...
Lord Avebury | 695 c438 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I challenge the noble Lord. I do not believe that local authorities arrange for dental X-r...
Lord Judd | 695 c451 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that my noble friend will agree that I am not being mischievous in suggesting th...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c453-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, exception 2 in Clause 33(3) means that foreign criminals aged under 18 when convicted will...
Lord Avebury | 695 c447-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Judd, will recall that at the end of June a debate on this subject wa...
Lord Judd | 695 c445-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 30: 30: Clause 31, page 17, line 26, at end insert— ““(5) Where there are reas...
Lord Judd | 695 c455-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have listened to my noble friend’s reply. I am sorry that on my penultimate intervention...
Lord Avebury | 695 c408-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is certainly not constructive for the Conservative Front Bench to fail to make any stat...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c409 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am prepared to say that—and I do not want to get into the practice of jumping back into ...
Lord Avebury | 695 c409 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my figures are not speculative; they come from the Government. I talked about the 450,000 ...
Bishop of Winchester | 695 c410 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord continues to his peroration, I wonder whether he might have had it i...
Lord Avebury | 695 c410 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the right reverend Prelate repeated, the Minister's premise, with which he began his ar...
Lord Avebury | 695 c411-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 19: 19: Clause 19, page 12, line 22, leave out ““, and at the time of making,”...
Baroness Hanham | 695 c412 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, where I have a feeling that I can make a contribution to the Bill, I will make it, and whe...
Lord Avebury | 695 c413-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will have to be satisfied with what the Minister said in his concluding sentence. I hone...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c415-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand the background to the amendment and know that it arose from concern about the...
Lord Avebury | 695 c416-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome what the Minister said about improving the consultation process. I hope that he ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c419-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for raising the issue as it enables the Government to set out...
Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 695 c422 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendments Nos. 23 and 24 and I hope that the Government will be able to accept ...
Baroness Hanham | 695 c429 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there has been unanimity among those who have spoken and I understand that the matter was ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c429 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, for raising this issue again, as it enables me to c...
Lord Goodhart | 695 c429 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was going to say that the year was 1961, but I think that that was backdating from 1979....
Baroness Hanham | 695 c424 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister; ““one up and one down”” is how I see this afternoon’s effort. I am g...
Lord Goodhart | 695 c425-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 25: 25: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause— ““Children of female...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c431 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand what the reservation relates to. We will look into these issues in the contex...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c430-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is one reason why I want to clarify things. The legislation therefore provided for th...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 695 c434-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, give wholehearted support to the amendment of the noble Earl, Lord Listowel. I do ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c435-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment would establish guidelines to specify the maximum period of time for which ...
Lord Avebury | 695 c433-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Earl never ceases to be vigilant in his defence of the rights of children, and h...
Lord Judd | 695 c434 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am certain that my noble friend will not accept the amendment; it is not difficult to ma...
Earl of Listowel | 695 c431-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 27: 27: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause— ““Detained children:...
Earl of Sandwich | 695 c407 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are so conditioned to think of asylum seekers as taking things away from our society th...
Bishop of Winchester | 695 c407 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is just another example of how much we owe to the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, and other...
Lord Avebury | 695 c405-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 18: 18: After Clause 17, insert the following new Clause— ““Permission to work...
Lord Judd | 695 c440-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 28: 28: After Clause 22, insert the following new Clause— ““Appeal rights In s...
Lord Avebury | 695 c440 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has confirmed my worst fears; that he is going to disregard all professional ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c437-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that this amendment has been tabled because of concerns about proposals conta...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c438-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am advised that some local authorities use dental X-rays in that way. I asked officials ...
Lord Judd | 695 c451-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 31: 31: Clause 33, page 18, line 25, leave out ““conviction”” and insert ““the...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c449-51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, despite my resistance to this amendment, which will become clear, I sincerely welcome the ...
Lord Judd | 695 c445 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his reply, and the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for his important...
Bishop of Winchester | 695 c447 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. First, I pass on the apologies of my friend the right rever...
Baroness Hanham | 695 c446-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lady Anelay tabled a similar amendment in Committee, so I support what the...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 695 c456 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that further consideration on Report be now adjourned. Move accordingly, an...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c410 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I really do not want to get into this as a practice, but I want to make this plain. I am n...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c412-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 19 will ensure that in appeals brought against refusals of applications made under ...
Lord Avebury | 695 c414-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 21: 21: Clause 20, page 13, line 17, at end insert— ““(2B) In making regulatio...
Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 695 c417-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 22: 22: After Clause 20, insert the following new Clause— ““Legal aid Where th...
Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 695 c420 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and I was glad to hear his assurance that the Govern...
Bishop of Winchester | 695 c418 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in passing, it would be especially serious if the applicant were back in the DRC or Somali...
Earl of Sandwich | 695 c418-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall add a word in support of the amendment. The right reverend Prelate has put it very...
Baroness Hanham | 695 c420-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 23: 23: Clause 21, page 13, line 29, at end insert ““and their welfare is prom...
Lord Avebury | 695 c421-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as these amendments raise two issues that we discussed as recently as Tuesday, I can be ve...
Lord Higgins | 695 c428-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the third item of business on today's Order Paper on which I intervene. It may be ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c422-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank those who have participated in the discussion, because important issues have been ...
Lord Avebury | 695 c426-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I warmly congratulate my noble friend Lord Goodhart on finally achieving a solution to a p...
Lord Avebury | 695 c431 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I referred to the convention on the elimination of discrimination against women.
Earl of Listowel | 695 c436 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his careful reply to my amendment. I am grateful to the noble Lor...
Lord Goodhart | 695 c431 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Government, and particularly to the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, for...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 695 c407-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it does not look as if we are going to hear from Conservative Benches on this issue, and I...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c408 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment gives the Secretary of State power to make provisions to give permission to...
Lord Winston | 695 c439 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must voice some disquiet at the use of ionising radiation in any form when it is for the...
Lord Avebury | 695 c453 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment deals with persons who have been sentenced to at least 12 months or convict...
Lord Avebury | 695 c418 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we support this amendment and have experience, through talking to lawyers, of the difficul...
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