Clause 5 - Section 4: supplemental
Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill
5:00 pm
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough, Conservative)
My hon. Friend need not be embarrassed. For once, common sense and statutory interpretation coincide. Amendment No. 22 is dependent on amendment No. 23. If amendment No. 23 is made, the word ''and'' at the end of subsection (2)(e) will become redundant and move to the end of the next subsection. Therefore, the meat of the amendments is to be found in amendment No. 23, which is designed to cover all people who are British citizens, or their equivalents, or those entitled to live in the United Kingdom. There is nothing magic about
the amendments; it is a belt and braces exercise, and my hon. Friend explained it properly and clearly.