Immigration Bill

My Lords, Amendment 55A is the first in a group of 12 amendments all about who falls within and o...

My Lords, these amendments build on the two previous debates that we have had on this issue and h...

It is only a draft document. There may well have been other matters under consideration at the ti...

So there may be further documents which are acceptable. I appreciate that.

However, clarity...

I am grateful for both the debate and the amendments tabled by my noble friend. They contain cons...

I apologise because I now understand why the noble Lord is inching towards our pilot. However, I ...

I cannot give the noble Baroness an absolute answer to that question. Of course one of the reason...

My Lords, can I ask the Minister a question about asylum seekers and persons appealing against a ...

I think I have made it clear that for people who have asylum seeker status, where it is not safe ...

My Lords, perhaps I may also ask for some clarification. One of my concerns about this part of th...

My Lords, I do not want to sound complacent because I recognise that this is a cause of anxiety w...

My Lords, this discussion has confirmed for me the complexity of the provisions, and therefore th...

Moved by

Lord Patel

58: Clause 33, page 27, line 24, leave out from “charge” to end o...

My Lords, after Monday’s debate, I do not think this should take very long. Amendment 58 relates ...

My Lords, when we discussed this previously, I, too, asked my noble friend the Minister about the...

My Lords, when we discussed Clause 33 previously, the Minister was subjected to a very large numb...

My Lords, I attended some of the debate on Monday and heard my noble friend Lord Bourne refer to ...

My Lords, I would hope that if the intention of the words that the amendment seeks to delete is a...

My Lords, it is helpful that we have had this debate; I am pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Pate...

Where the Bill uses the words,

“likely to be available free of charge”,

in Clause 33(...

I think that I made it clear that the wording is designed to enable the health service, if it fee...

My Lords, will the Minister clarify two things? I apologise if I appear to be Baroness Dim on the...

There are two different categories of charge currently: that for students and that for everyone e...

Will the Minister confirm that the real purpose of the clause and those words is to open the gate...

No, that is not the case, but they may be, as they currently are, charged for particular treatmen...

My Lords, I listened with great interest to that exchange. If the noble Lord is prepared to follo...

I thank the noble and learned Lord for that advice—free legal advice to the Government is conside...

Perhaps I may help the noble Lord. Noble Lords understand that there are now NHS treatments and s...

There is nothing sinister here. This is not a Machiavellian move by the Government. It is to brin...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I have a few points to make. First, the Minist...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

61: Clause 33, page 27, line 36, at end insert—

“(4A) The ...

This amendment also relates to Clause 33. The only comment I make to start with is that if all th...

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 66F in this group. Following the consultation in 2013, th...

My Lords, Amendment 66 requires information outlining details of health charges for health servic...

Following what the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, said about the importance of the evidence base, I...

Perhaps I should declare an interest as a chartered accountant. As such, I looked at Amendment 66...

As someone who is not a chartered accountant, I thank the noble Lord for the free advice. If I we...

My Lords, I welcome the general support offered by the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for the surcharge...

Given that the Minister was able to slip out of answering this point on Monday—it did not seem fa...

My Lords, when the noble Lord is replying on that point, will he deal with story of the 300 mater...

I would not wish to get involved in hearsay or gossip or, indeed, the suggestion that some of thi...

Perhaps I might ask for clarification on one point. The Minister skated rather quickly over that ...

The latter point is more difficult to answer positively; it is something which my noble friend Lo...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response, which was far more helpful than I had expected. ...

I start from the position that an informed House is better able to make decisions and judgments o...

My Lords, I am sure that my noble friend is reassured. However, I think that the Committee would ...

If my long-suffering noble friend will be kind enough to bear with me for one minute, perhaps I m...

I, too, thank the Minister for his response. I am in much the same position as the noble Baroness...

It will be an additional sum.

I also asked about whether there would be any transitional costs as opposed to transitional arran...