With the leave of the House, I will just say that I have recounted our response to the Migration Advisory Committee. We have listened to what it recommended on this. I said that we were looking at phasing it, which is in the noble Lord’s Amendment 151A. On the other amendments, we believe that the policy is very important. We will not change our position between now and Third Reading and, if the noble Lord wishes to test the opinion of the House, he should.
Immigration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Bates
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 21 March 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.
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