Immigration Bill

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 5, 6 and 7 in my name, and in that of the noble Baroness,...

My Lords, there are some very welcome amendments to this Bill, and I will speak shortly to Amendm...

My Lords, I shall speak particularly to Amendments 1 and 2 but also to Amendments 4, 5, 6, 7 and ...

My Lords, I hesitate to follow such a powerful speech and will speak only briefly because importa...

My Lords, I am reminded in this debate of a conversation I had in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal...

My Lords, I support everything that has been said by the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, the noble L...

My Lords, I agree with what my noble friend has just been saying, particularly about the failure ...

My Lords, I will not at this stage make any comments relating to the extension of enforcement pow...

My Lords, this has been a welcome start to the Bill. Although we have strayed into some of the su...

Perhaps I might ask the Minister a question. The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee...

I think that I have made it clear that the affirmative process is used where there is an opportun...

Is the Minister saying that the provisions in Clause 1 about what the Government would regard as ...

No, the purpose of the changes is to make sure that people who are subject to removal leave volun...

I still have not understood the Minister’s logic. I appreciate and want to commend the removal of...

The purpose of the notice is not to put people under notice as to the exact timing of when they w...

Is the Minister quite sure about that in the light of what the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, said ...

I can be certain that when people get a decision about the refusal of their right to remain they ...

How long will those who have been told that they no longer have leave to remain be given to make ...

It will be for them to make arrangements with UKVI on the basis of the notice that they have been...

Following what the most reverend Primate said, perhaps I may say how pleased I was to hear the us...

My Lords, the critique of what happens in practice from someone experienced as an inspector has c...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

3: Clause 1, page 2, line 16, at end insert—

I rise to move the amendment standing in the name of my noble friend Lord Taylor of Holbeach and ...

My Lords, I welcome these amendments. There is frequently talk in this House, and rightly so, abo...

My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to government Amendments 10, 14 and 15; 10 because of the Independe...

My Lords, I, too, welcome this amendment. The noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Williams of Oys...

My Lords, this amendment is certainly a move in the right direction, but the one anxiety I have i...

My Lords, these amendments, which are all concerned with the detention and removal of children, e...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, with whom I had the honour to ...

My Lords, there are many things that show exactly what the heart of a nation is. One is the way i...

My Lords, I associate myself with the comments that have just been made on this important area by...

My Lords, I always say that childhood lasts a lifetime, and all children need the best start in l...

My Lords, I am not entirely sure that this is an appropriate intervention; if not, I apologise an...

We welcome the Government’s amendments, which lay down requirements in the Bill in relation to th...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I acknowledge the ...

My Lords—

I believe it is time for the amendment to be agreed.

My Lords, it is in order for the noble Lord, Lord Judd, to speak.

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his response to my observations on unaccompanied...

My Lords, I hear the noble Lord’s point and I think I understand what lies behind it. I was tryin...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

9: After Clause 1, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Lord Avebury

11: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Sho...

My Lords, as the Minister is aware, we have been concerned about the disgraceful conditions of th...

My Lords, I stand again to support this wonderful amendment with its mover. What is going on here...

My Lords, I support the amendment so ably moved by the noble Lord, Lord Avebury. When I took over...

My Lords, I appreciate the concerns of my noble friend Lord Avebury, the comments of the noble Lo...

It remains only for me to thank the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of York and the noble Lo...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

12: Clause 2, page 2, line 35, at end insert—

“(2) The enf...

My Lords, Amendment 12 provides for the enforcement powers provided for in Schedule 1 to be subje...

My Lords, Amendment 12 provides what I believe to be a necessary safeguard to reassure the public...

My Lords, I will speak briefly on Amendment 12. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, and t...

I will speak to Amendment 13, in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Roberts.

I am ver...

My Lords, I wish to say a word or two in support of the amendment. Currently, the use of force by...

My Lords, I repeat what I said earlier about the need for proper training and assessment of those...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 13 of the noble Lords, Lord Roberts of Llandudno and Lord Ram...

My Lords, I will not take up much of your Lordships’ time because what I had wanted to say was sa...

My Lords, many noble Lords have mentioned training for immigration officers. What training do the...

My Lords, it may be proper now to raise a point of detail on Amendment 12 in case the matter is t...

My Lords, this has been a useful debate because it has enabled me to address a number of issues, ...

I hope that my noble friend will excuse me because I readily acknowledge that he knows much more ...

The use of force has to be reasonably exercised. In the case of search, that has to be reasonable...

I assume from what my noble friend said that he will go on to define, as other noble Lords have a...

I set out earlier detail on those people who are responsible for oversight in this matter. Indeed...

Before the Minister concludes his extremely reasonable remarks, may I press him on one point? Tho...

My noble friend Lady Williams of Crosby and the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of York join...

Is the Minister still looking at what I understand is a code of practice—which the noble Lord, Lo...

I think I can reassure the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, by the actions I took following the meeting t...

I am not entirely sure whether that means the code of practice will see the light of day in any s...

Before my noble friend the Minister sits down, can he tell me how many employees of these compani...

I did feel rather comfortable until the noble Lord suggested that I had not yet sat down. I canno...

Moved by

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

14: Before Clause 3, insert the following new Clause...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

16: Before Clause 3, insert the following new Clause—

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In moving Amendment 16 I shall speak also to Amendments 20 and 21, and included in this group are...

My Lords, although there are other speakers in this debate, I am rising early because I have a nu...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 17 and 19 about bail. The provisions in our amendments are m...

I, too, will speak to Amendment 17. When I was the Bishop of Oxford, I had something to do with C...

My Lords, I support these amendments. I should explain that at an earlier stage in my judicial ca...

My Lords, I cannot claim first-hand experience like other noble Lords, but I went to a meeting ch...

My Lords, I will speak briefly on Amendments 17 and 19 in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, last Thursday in the Moses Room we were debating terrorism. In the context of that deba...

My Lords, I very much agree with what has just been said by the noble Lord, Lord Judd, and what w...

My Lords, the contribution of my noble friend Lady Williams of Crosby is probably a good place to...

I am grateful to the Minister for addressing the amendment, but he will know that that was not th...

I was about to go on to develop the theme based on the noble Baroness’s example. I cannot give an...

I think the Minister has missed the point that I made. I was probing not what the exact examples ...

I hope that the examples I have given show that these are not trifling matters. Deterioration in ...

My Lords, other noble Lords have spoken very effectively about the impact of detention. I will ju...

Clause 5 amends Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 to include persons who are “liable to be d...

My Lords, when I looked at Clause 5—“detained” or “liable to be detained”—the question that arose...

My Lords, Clause 5 amends paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 to include perso...

My Lords, with regard to Amendment 23, the Minister is of course right that there is a reference ...

Perhaps I could add one or two comments. I thank the Minister for his reply and for the amount of...

My Lords, the main justification for Clause 5 is to avoid unnecessarily arresting people and to m...

Presumably immigration officers would not want to check a person’s fingerprints unless they had s...

My Lords, they would not be able to check fingerprints unless they had some good reason to do so....

I thought the Minister said that you cannot arrest someone who refuses unless there is some suspi...

My Lords, there would indeed be an element of suspicion if someone declined to give their fingerp...

Will the Minister include an explanation of the statutory basis on which new subsection (1A)(a) c...

I will be delighted to write to the noble Baroness.

Moved by

Lord Hannay of Chiswick

26: Clause 11, page 8, line 30, at end insert—