Illegal Migration Bill

My Lords, I would like to ask some questions of the Minister, in relation to Schedule 1 and Claus...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, in the submission that Clauses 5 and...

My Lords, following the eloquent speeches of my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, I wou...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker. I endorse everything that...

My Lords, I will not repeat what has already been said. I agree with most of what has been said i...

My Lords, I support these amendments and the speeches that were just given. I want to make two po...

My Lords, I return to the terminology in general. I had tabled amendments in the last group on Mo...

My Lords, in Committee on Monday, the noble Lord, Lord Murray, used the example of India. We need...

My Lords, many very cogent points have been made in this debate, and I will not repeat them, but ...

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Purvis of Tweed for his devastating critique...

My Lords, I start, as other noble Lords have done, by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, for h...

My Lords, with permission, I will first respond to the first point from the noble Lord, Lord Coak...

Can I just confirm that the Minister means the Lords Front Bench?

Yes, the Lords Front Bench—this Front Bench. I cannot speak for other colleagues, but I can assur...

The Minister kindly said that, if he had not answered anything, he would do so. Would he please w...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question, but I cannot answer it today at the Dispatc...

I am most grateful to the Minister and have great respect for his legal analysis. However, I will...

My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, if I misunderstood his point. I respectful...

I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests. I ask, gently, whether my noble and le...

I entirely accept the point my noble friend makes and thank him for it.

The noble and learned Lord is so reassuring, and his manner is so friendly, that one is tempted t...

My Lords, in relation to the latter point, I repeat the point I made on Monday that this is preca...

As always, the Committee is very grateful to the Minister. I want to be absolutely certain that I...

My Lords, it is a question of judgment. The Government’s judgment is that this legislation will g...

My Lords, I wonder if an answer could be given to the question from the Minister’s colleague on t...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness says, there might indeed be issues. Their legislation is a matter...

I am grateful to the Minister for his thorough response, and to those who have spoken.

I lo...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

55: Clause 7, page 9, line 36, at end insert “and,

(c)...

My Lords, Clause 7 relates to further provisions about removal. I have three amendments in this g...

My Lords, I have Amendment 57 in this group, and also the clause stand part debate. I will addres...

My Lords, the following group, which I will lead on, deals specifically with the impact of this l...

My Lords, this Bill is about removing rights and making life as miserable as possible for some of...

My Lords, what rights people have when they come into this country—unlawfully, the Government cla...

My Lords, broadly speaking, I support this Bill, but there are many things in it which give me ca...

My Lords, the amendments in this group all seek clarification of various issues. My noble friend ...

My Lords, this group centres around Clause 7, as we have heard, and seeks clarification on proced...

My Lords, Clause 7 makes provision for a removal notice to be given to a person and specifies wha...

I was interested in two stages. The Minister has talked about when the notice of removal is issue...

I do not have the answer to that at my fingertips but, if I may, I will revert to the noble Lord ...

My Lords, it is Committee stage and, as the whole Committee knows, that is what I will do.

...

I also asked a question to which the Minister did not reply, about a person escaping from South S...

I apologise for not answering the noble Baroness’s question. Yes, is the answer; representatives ...

To be absolutely clear, is the Minister saying that notification can be given via any representat...

That is certainly my understanding. If the situation is any different, I will let the noble Baron...

I think that is quite important, as it matters how these things work in practice. Having said tha...

Moved by

Lord Davies of Brixton

57B: Clause 7, page 10, line 36, leave out subsection...

My Lords, those who have been present for the last group will inevitably experience déjà vu, for ...

My Lords, as we can see, there has been an inevitable crossover between this group of amendments ...

My Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register. As noble Lords will know, I frequently ge...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak on this provision, because when I read the Bill and saw it,...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Davies of Brixton for tabling these amendments, which are ...

My Lords, my point, which I hope is a helpful one, follows on from what the noble Baroness has sa...

My Lords, as other noble Lords have said, there is an overlap between the last group of amendment...

My Lords, with apologies to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, I will intervene briefly. I very much w...

My Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Davies for Amendments 57B and 58A, which I thi...

My Lords, Clause 7 includes requirements for various persons, such as owners and agents of a ship...

We are discussing the issues raised in the previous group and I accept that the Minister wants to...

The powers in Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act will continue to apply to those being removed who...

I hope I conceded earlier that we know that there have been directions issued to captains and oth...

I am afraid I do not agree with the noble Baroness that there is a substantive difference in the ...

My Lords, I am disappointed with the Minister’s response. I acknowledged that there were existing...

Moved by

Baroness Lister of Burtersett

57C: Clause 8, page 11, line 18, leave out “an...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 57C, I will also speak to Amendments 57D to 57G. I am grateful to t...

My Lords, I refer to the register of interests and my involvement with the RAMP project and Reset...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak after the right reverend Prelate. I make no apologies for sup...