Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill

Public Bill Committees

• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 1st sitting (19 speeches)
  [Mrs. Marion Roe in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Assisting unlawful immigration (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 2 - Entering United Kingdom without passport (70 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 49, in clause 2, page 2, line 2, leave out 'A person' and insert 'An adult'.
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mrs. Marion Roe in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 - Entering United Kingdom without passport (118 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 2, in clause 2, page 2, line 3, after 'him', insert ', or fails to produce to an immigration officer within three days,'.—[Mr. Malins.] Question...
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 - Entering United Kingdom without passport (68 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 79, in clause 2, page 2, line 39, at end insert— '(6A) A person commits an offence if he aids or abets or provides a craft used in the commission of an offence...
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mrs. Marion Roe in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 - Entering United Kingdom without passport (62 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 60, in clause 2, page 3, line 10, after 'time)', insert— ' ''first interview'' means a substantive interview conducted under caution and in accordance...
  • Clause 3 - Immigration documents: forgery (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 71, in clause 3, page 3, line 21, leave out '(6)' and insert '(8)'.
  • Clause 4 - Trafficking people for exploitation (14 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: No. 19, in clause 4, page 3, line 32, after 'facilitates', insert ', or conspires to arrange or facilitate,'.—[Angela Watkinson.] Question, That the amendment be...
  • Clause 5 - Section 4: supplemental (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 22, in clause 5, page 4, line 35, leave out 'and'.
  • Clause 6 - Claimant's credibility (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 98, in clause 6, page 6, line 2, at end insert— '( ) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) the fact that a person did not make an asylum claim or...
  • Clause 7 - Failed asylum seekers: withdrawal of support (25 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 86, in clause 7, page 7, line 10, leave out 'and'.
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 7 - Failed asylum seekers: withdrawal of support (95 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 85, in clause 7, page 7, line 11, leave out '14' and insert '21'.
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mrs. Marion Roe in the Chair]
  • Clause 7 - Failed asylum seekers: withdrawal of support (29 speeches)
    Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
  • Clause 8 - Immigration officer: power of arrest (33 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 126, in clause 8, page 8, leave out lines 14 to 26.
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 10 - Unification of appeal system (116 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 101, inclause 10, page 10, line 11, at end insert— '(1A) A request under subsection (1) must assert that the Tribunal's decision would have been different but...
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 8th sitting, part 1 (0 speeches)
  [Mrs. Marion Roe in the Chair]
  • Clause 10 - Unification of appeal system (71 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 127, in page 10, line 33, leave out subsection (7).—[Mr. Oaten.]
  • [Continued in column 289] (0 speeches)
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 8th sitting, part 2 (0 speeches)
  • [Part II] (0 speeches)
    [Mrs. Marion Roe in the Chair]
  • [Continuation from column 288] (97 speeches)
    Page 2 of the briefing describes the Bill as follows: ''In effect what has been billed as a measure to speed up immigration decision making is a barely disguised attack on the function and...
  • Schedule 1 - New schedule 4 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (8 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 97, in schedule 1, page 24, line 7, after 'shall', insert ', after consultation with the Lord President of the Court of Session,'. This is a probing amendment to ask...
  • Schedule 2 - Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision (20 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 114, in schedule 2, page 30, line 26, leave out from 'completed,' to end of line 29. No. 115, in schedule 2, page 30, leave out line 31 and insert— ''(b) in...
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 9th sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 11 - Unfounded human rights or asylum claim (72 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 150, in clause 11, page 13, leave out lines 9 and 10 and insert 'entitled to reside in the State or part and that the claimant— (a) confirms that he is...
  • Schedule 3 - Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 131, in schedule 3, page 35, line 1, leave out sub-sub-paragraph (b) and insert— '(b) from which a person will not be sent to another State in contravention of...
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mrs. Marion Roe in the Chair]
  • Clause 15 - Electronic monitoring (15 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 165, in clause 15, page 16, line 1, after 'comply', insert 'without good reason'.
  • Clause 16 - Immigration Services Commissioner: power of entry (36 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 95, in clause 16, page 18, line 14, leave out from 'dwelling' to end of line 21 and insert— '(7A) Nothing in this section shall authorise the disclosure of...
  • Clause 17 - Offence of advertising services (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 149, in clause 17, page 19, line 14, at end insert— '( ) A complaint charging the commission of an offence under this section may in Northern Ireland be heard...
  • Clause 19 - Professional bodies (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 144, in clause 19, page 19, line 27, after 'information', insert 'in relation to the provision of immigration advice or immigration services by a person regulated by...
  • Clause 20 - Fees (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 76, in clause 20, page 20, line 43, at end add— '(6) No fee shall be prescribed under the provisions of this section in respect of any application or process...
  • Clause 21 - Transfer of leave stamps (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 4 - Repeals (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 130, in schedule 4, page 39, line 7, at end insert— 'Section 94(4)(a) to (j).'. —[Beverley Hughes.] Schedule 4, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 26 to 28...
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 11th sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • New Clause 16 - Information about passengers (13 speeches)
    'In paragraph 27B of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (c.77) (control on entry: provision of information about passengers) after sub-paragraph (4) insert— ''(4A) The officer may...
  • New Clause 7 - Interpretation of Refugee Convention (7 speeches)
    '(1) In Article 31 of the Refugee Convention— ''directly'' means without transit through or landfall (whether by land, sea or air) in a safe country. (2) In subsection (1)— ...
  • New Clause 8 - Detention by Secretary of State (27 speeches)
    '(1) Section 62 of the Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act 2002 (c.41) (detention by the Secretary of State) shall be amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1) insert the words ''over the...
  • New Clause 9 - Late claim for asylum: refusal of support: appeals (6 speeches)
    'In section 55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (late claim for asylum: refusal of support), omit subsection (10).'.—[Mr. Oaten.] Brought up, and read the First time.
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill, 12th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mrs. Marion Roe in the Chair]
  • New Clause 9 - Late claim for asylum: refusal of support: appeals (34 speeches)
    'In section 55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (late claim for asylum: refusal of support), omit subsection (10).'.—[Mr. Oaten.] Brought up, and read the First time....
  • New Clause 17 - Migration statistics (17 speeches)
    '(1) The Secretary of State shall, each year, publish information on the number of persons subject to immigration control who— (a) in the immediately forgoing year have arrived in or...
  • New Clause 18 - Responsibilities of masters of vessels, etc (9 speeches)
    '(1) The master of a vessel used to convey a person who is the subject of immigration control to the United Kingdom— (a) shall deliver to an immigration officer a list (''the manifest'')...