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Nationality and Borders Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Coaker (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 2 March 2022. It occurred during Debate on bills on Nationality and Borders Bill.

I thank the Minister for her reply. It was interesting in that reply, with respect to Amendment 55, that the whole raison d’être for the change to established immigration and asylum practice in this country is that the Government have lost control of migration across the channel. Panic has broken out, measure after measure has been tried, yet the numbers keep going up, and the public pressure to do something about it keeps going up. The Prime Minister has complained to the Home Secretary about it, so they have come up with a new measure which drives a coach and horses through the established procedures we have, has far wider implications than the channel, and affects every potential asylum seeker who enters the UK at the moment. That is why it is completely unsatisfactory to change things on the basis of what is happening, so I wish to test the opinion of the House.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

819 c918 

Session

2021-22

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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