I appreciate that I have not spoken in this debate but colleagues around me are confirming what I heard, which was that the Minister told us—for my part, I rather fear it—that we might hear shortly from the Government. Never in the years I have been in this House have I known “shortly” to be as short as a week or two. I have been listening carefully and I understand the problem, which everyone who has spoken on this has acknowledged. I wonder whether to have come back at this stage or be prepared to come back within a couple of sitting days, as it would be at Third Reading, would do justice to the severity of the problem that has been articulated.
Immigration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Hamwee
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 3 April 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.
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