Immigration Bill

Moved by

Lord Bates

26: Clause 23, page 14, line 21, at end insert—

“( ) The co...

Moved by

Lord Bates

28: Schedule 2, page 74, line 40, at end insert—

“(b) under...

Moved by

Lord Bates

40: Clause 30, page 17, line 24, leave out subsections (1) to (3)...

Moved by

Lord Bates

41: Clause 31, page 18, line 18, at end insert—

““the Direc...

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Lord Bates

44: Clause 32, page 19, line 6, after “person” insert “(“P”)”

My Lords, I have considered carefully the constructive debate on illegal working that we had in C...

We have amendments in this group. First, I thank the Government for their amendment, which means ...

The Minister said during the previous stage that the amendment that would insert “without reasona...

My Lords, in relation to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, as against the clause as ...

On that point, my Lords, I have had occasion under another statute to consider the phrase “withou...

My Lords, I support Amendment 52, which would leave out Clause 32. I shall make one specific and ...

My Lords, I wish to add to the very sound arguments put by my noble friend Lady Hamwee and others...

I wish simply to thank the Minister for these changes, particularly in view of the two codas from...

My Lords, I will contribute a slightly wider point to the discussion. It is surely clear to all o...

My Lords, I associate myself with what the noble Lord, Lord Green, has just said. Clause 32 would...

My Lords, I guess that the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, is regretting raising the absence of legal ad...

Moved by

Lord Bates

45: Clause 32, page 19, line 6, at end insert “—(a)”

Moved by

Lord Bates

47: Clause 32, page 19, line 7, leave out “the person” and insert...

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Lord Bates

51: Clause 32, page 20, line 1, leave out “(1)” and insert “(1A)”...

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Lord Bates

53: Clause 34, page 22, line 22, leave out “relevant”

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Lord Bates

55: Clause 34, page 22, line 29, leave out from “section” to end ...

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Lord Bates

56: Schedule 4, page 121, line 22, at end insert—

“( ) In s...

Moved by

Lord Alton of Liverpool

57: After Clause 36, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, in his reply to the previous group of amendments the Minister gave a trailer for Amendm...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, who was to speak next, is indicating that he would like me...

I will be relatively brief, since the case for the amendment has already been made. My name is at...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Rosser and Lord Alton, and my noble friend Lady ...

My Lords, once again there is a balance to be struck here. On one side is the disadvantage of per...

My Lords, I support Amendment 57. I will not repeat all the arguments I made in Committee in supp...

My Lords, I, too, support this amendment. I frequently find myself addressing immigration issues ...

My Lords, I support the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and by other noble Lords and...

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. I declare an interest as senior rabbi of the West London...

My Lords, I support the amendment and endorse everything that has been said already, and reinforc...

To deny those who came here at the turn of the century was abhorrent. Later on, before the Second...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Alton, made the best case that could possibly have been made for h...

My Lords, powerful arguments have been made in favour of the amendment, led by the noble Lord, Lo...

The point is that 50% of those who claim asylum were working when they were discovered.

The answer to that, as I said at the beginning, is to apply the law more efficiently. There is ev...

My Lords, I will be brief and make a couple of very quick points. There have been references to b...

My Lords, I begin by paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for the way that he moved his ...

The Minister kindly gave me an opening. I do not want to be an EU bore—although I guess I am—but ...

That is absolutely right; I am not dissenting from that; that is the one that we decided not to o...

My Lords, the Minister was good enough to say at the outset that he thought that I had put a pers...

Moved by

Lord Hylton

58: After Clause 36, insert the following new Clause—

“Ove...

My Lords, most employers who visit the United Kingdom, bringing their domestic workers with them ...

My Lords, I find myself preceding the noble Lord, Lord Rosser. Again, I am delighted to support t...

My name is also attached to this amendment, which we support and for which we will be voting if t...

My Lords, I take a different view on this and I do not apologise for doing so. I accept that the ...

My Lords, this amendment brings us to the issue of how best to protect the interests of those who...

Mr Ewins’s report, and his presentation at that meeting and on other occasions, was very impressi...

More will come forward than do at the moment. We are implementing the vast majority of what James...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful for the support I have had from the Opposition Front Bench. It ...

I am sorry to interrupt, but I want to make a very important point. People need to understand tha...

I think it is paradoxical for the Government to have a review and then turn down two-thirds or so...

If it were not such an important issue, I would not intervene again, but I am afraid that it is n...

It is clear that the Minister and I are not going to agree tonight, so I wish to test the opinion...