Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]
Debate on bills on Wednesday, 11 February 2009,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord West of Spithead.
The answering
member was Baroness Hanham.
About these Parliamentary proceedings
Reference
707 c1128-213Session
2008-09Legislative stage
Second readingChamber / Committee
House of Lords chamberRelated items
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (HL). Explanatory Notes HL Bill 15-EN also published.
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
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House of Lords
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
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House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Hanham | 707 c1133-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start by thanking the Minister for his introduction and explanation of the Bill. Neither...
Lord Avebury | 707 c1136-40 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the challenge posed for the Minister by the noble Baroness about the use of the expression...
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Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1128-31 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Government have talked regularly about the biggest shake-up of our border control and ...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 707 c1132 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, will my noble friend say something about Clause 47 referring to ““Restriction on studies””...
Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1132 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall come to that in a moment.
Clause 46 will enable controls on air and sea routes fo...
Lord Avebury | 707 c1132 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is one thing to require the student and the university to notify the UKBA when a move i...
Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1132-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am not quite clear about the noble Lord’s point. If the educational establishment is not...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 707 c1159-61 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I must start by apologising for running in and out of the Chamber during the early stages ...
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe | 707 c1154-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am pleased to be able to speak at Second Reading of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigra...
Lord Marlesford | 707 c1156-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the way in which this Government have persistently treated the fight against terrorism and...
Earl of Sandwich | 707 c1151-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there are good things in the Bill, there are bad things and there are things that have bee...
Lord Thomas of Gresford | 707 c1149-51 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was much struck by the invocation of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Lincoln of...
Lord Patten | 707 c1146-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by strongly agreeing with my noble friend Lady Hanham’s general comments concernin...
Bishop of Lincoln | 707 c1142-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, after the very detailed scrutiny of a particular clause by the noble and learned Lord, Lor...
Lord Morris of Handsworth | 707 c1176-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it goes without saying that the first and, indeed, the last duty of the state is the prote...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 707 c1177-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I feel very much in tune with the noble Lord, Lord Morris, but luckily I was not asked for...
Lord Joffe | 707 c1169-71 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will focus on a single issue which does not relate to the specific provisions of the Bil...
Lord Sheikh | 707 c1171-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, at the outset, I would like to make some general comments regarding immigration. This coun...
Baroness Butler-Sloss | 707 c1173-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I share the concern of the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick of Undercliffe, and the noble Lord...
Baroness Stern | 707 c1161-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my four years’ membership of the Joint Committee on Human Rights gave me the opportunity t...
Baroness Quin | 707 c1163-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by welcoming some of the provisions in the Bill—my noble friend referred to them i...
Lord Smith of Clifton | 707 c1165-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in my remarks this evening I will specifically address Clause 46, which deals with the com...
Lord Glentoran | 707 c1183-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak specifically to Clause 46. It is tucked away in the back of the Bill and at ...
Lord Ramsbotham | 707 c1181-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I should declare two interests in any Bill with this title. First, as my noble friend Lord...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 707 c1179-81 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this Bill is not set in Utopia, which I think in Greek means ““nowhere””, although someone...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 707 c1189-92 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am afraid that I am another of your Lordships who is concerned that this Bill is increas...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 707 c1187-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Tomlinson, who gave a timely reminder abou...
Lord Tomlinson | 707 c1185-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there is much in the Bill other than the asylum issues on which so many Members of your Lo...
Lord Clinton-Davis | 707 c1192-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am rather uneasy about certain aspects of the Bill, although some parts of it are fine a...
Lord Hylton | 707 c1193-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this Bill seems unsatisfactory if only because it legislates by reference to some 17 other...
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | 707 c1195-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I stand in the fifth year of my membership of your Lordships’ House and I am astonished th...
Earl of Listowel | 707 c1197-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, with his vast experience...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 707 c1199-201 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, noble Lords all round the House are disappointed that this is not a simplification Bill. T...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 707 c1201-2 (Link to this contribution)
Oh, she’s back, my Lords. I had not spotted her walk in, but I missed her contribution this evening ...
Viscount Bridgeman | 707 c1202-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been a long and interesting debate, and it is a privilege to speak at the end of ...
Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1204-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before I begin, I should like to express my sympathy, and I am sure that of the House, to ...
Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1205-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was a watch-keeping officer, so I can manage to go on for 11 and a half hours. Your Lord...
Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1213 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my noble friend raises a good and important point, which I mentioned to the Whip on the Fr...
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | 707 c1213 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, does the Minister recognise the commitment to taking a look at how this Bill will impact o...
Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1213 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely, my Lords. We will look at Hansard and will try to write on all of those issues. If there...
Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1209-13 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was not going to go into any great detail on that. Perhaps I may get back to be noble Lo...
Lord Avebury | 707 c1209 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, is the noble Lord going to say anything about the points raised on all sides concerning su...
Lord Goldsmith | 707 c1144-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in my remarks I want to focus on the part of the Bill that is described as ““citizenship””...
Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 707 c1140-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am unable to make any contribution to Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Bill; my only reason for s...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 707 c1169 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I remind the House that the advisory time for speeches is eight minutes. We have business ...
Lord Morris of Handsworth | 707 c1213 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, will the Minister consider writing to those who have taken part in this debate with a copy...
Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1128 (Link to this contribution)
That the Bill be read a second time.
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