New Clause 8 - Detention by Secretary of State
Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill
10:15 am
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow, Labour)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
The Chairman: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:New clause 13—Detention of under-18s—
'In section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 after subsection (3), insert—
''(3A) Nothing in this section, or in Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (c.77) shall permit—
(a) the detention of a person under the age of 18 for more than 7 days, or, in exceptional circumstances, 10 days, or
(b) the detention of a person if the result of that detention would be the detention of a person under the age of eighteen for a period of more than 7 days, or, in exceptional circumstances, 10 days.''.'.