Immigration Bill

No, that is not true. I am sorry, my Lords. I was talking about the people who cannot return to t...

My Lords, I accept that there are some people in the class that my noble friend describes.

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Before the Minister sits down, will he respond directly to the suggestion made by the noble Lord,...

My Lords, no. The purpose of the current policy is to deter economic migration, because people wo...

Will the Minister answer my question about the assurance given to Julian Huppert by the Minister ...

The noble Baroness may make a valid point about the supermarket and the corner shop, but we are t...

My Lords, perhaps I may add markets to the mix of supermarkets, corner shops and all the rest of ...

The noble Baroness makes an extremely important point. I am well aware of it, which is why asylum...

My Lords, I remind the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, of an answer he gave me some months ago when he s...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

72A: Clause 41, page 32, line 34, at end insert “unless that...

I will speak also to Amendments 72B to 72G. The amendments take us to the clauses on driving lice...

My Lords, Clauses 41 and 42 prevent a person who is not lawfully resident in the UK from applying...

My Lords, I have just a couple of questions on this group. The noble Earl may recall that at Seco...

My Lords, perhaps I might say a few words about Clause 41. The ability to drive in the UK is an i...

I thank the Minister for that helpful explanation. Does this not then fall into the category of u...

I agree with the facts as described by the noble Baroness. She will of course be aware of the Mot...

Can the noble Lord assure me that the Government have been in contact with the Motor Insurers’ Bu...

My Lords, the situation is no different from that of a young tearaway motorist who loses their li...

My Lords, can the Minister tell your Lordships how many asylum seekers who failed their appeals b...

My Lords, the noble Lord is asking me a detailed question about failed asylum seekers who cannot ...

My Lords, on the first of my amendments the noble Earl said that he could not be any more helpful...

My Lords, I am terrified to think of what I might have done.

The Minister might have added to the list of items for Report. I will look at what he has said. F...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

73A: Schedule 7, page 94, line 38, at end insert “(including...

My Lords, this is a short amendment, which asks a short question. Schedule 7 deals with immigrati...

My Lords, I hope that on this occasion I can delight my noble friend Lady Hamwee on this amendmen...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. When I see the statutory instrument, I may be delight...

Moved by

Baroness Smith of Basildon

74: Clause 60, page 47, line 40, at end insert “,...

My Lords, Clause 60, on deprivation of citizenship, is very important and far-reaching. There are...

My Lords, my noble friend mentioned that I raised this issue at Second Reading with great concern...

My Lords, I have added my name to several of the amendments in this group and have also indicated...

My Lords, Amendment 76A in my name is, like Amendments 75 to 78 to which I have added my name, de...

My Lords, I will refer to Amendments 75 to 78 from the noble Lord, Lord Lester. They touch upon i...

My Lords, if Clause 60 operates in accordance with the Government’s intentions, it is bound to in...

My Lords, I, too, have a fundamental problem with this clause. It has been suggested that it was ...

My Lords, this afternoon’s speeches have reassured me that I was not misreading the clause when I...

My Lords, this has been a very thorough debate on a clause which, as the noble Lord said, we owe ...

I know it is early in the Minister’s answer, but can I be clear: is he saying that this will not ...

It will not apply to people under 18. Such people are not able to apply for naturalisation; they ...

The Minister may be about to come to this point, in which case I apologise. However, I referred t...

I would say that the Government’s position is that we have. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Brow...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but he seems to be moving on from the question of proportio...

The noble Baroness will have to allow me to write to her on that issue. The Government have respo...

I did not intend to intervene until the noble Lord had spoken, but there is a lack of clarity in ...

I must say that nothing I have said implies that there may not be conditions. They are frequently...

Can the Minister give the House an assurance that the Home Secretary will not deliberately wait u...

It is up to the Home Secretary to determine when she exercises powers in the country’s best inter...

Before the Minister sits down, perhaps I could ask a question. He gave a very comprehensive reply...

That was of course a consideration in the discussions that led to the tabling of this clause. I t...

I am sorry to ask the Minister yet another question. However, I asked a very specific question wh...

The noble Baroness is right. I was getting muddled between the two responses. The second report h...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for coming back to me on that point, but there are numerous other...

On that first question, perhaps I could ask what the noble Baroness means by “two categories” of ...

In most countries, if someone is a citizen then they are a citizen. If someone is a natural born ...

Surely the categorisation is about naturalised British citizens and not about whether they are st...

I think that the noble Lord is missing the point. My understanding was that if someone was a natu...

I am afraid that there is a disconnect in our train of thoughts on this. I will write to the nobl...

I think that it does and I will look to the lawyers on this issue. I also look forward to receivi...

If the noble Baroness had advised me in advance of the things she was uncertain of, I would have ...

The noble Lord always seeks to be helpful. My point is a broader one of scrutiny and the lack of ...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

79A: After Clause 60, insert the following new Clause—