Clause 1 - Assisting unlawful immigration
Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill
9:30 am
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
I am grateful for the Minister's explanation and her confirmation that this should have been in the 2002 Act and that its omission was an oversight. I am not absolutely clear about the necessity for subsection (2), given that section 25(2) and (7) are there. Why has that wording any significance? Can she enlighten me? It seems entirely otiose, as the wording already says
''within the meaning of section 25''.
Both definitions are contained within section 25, so why is the legislation changed in that respect?