Clause 31 - Duty to share information
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill
Public Bill Committees, 25 October 2005, 12:45 pm
Tony McNulty (Minister of State (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality), Home Office; Harrow East, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 30, in clause 31, page 15, line 39, after ‘State’, insert ‘and the Treasury jointly’.
Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
Government amendments Nos. 31, 32, 42, 44, 47 and 50 to 52.
Tony McNulty (Minister of State (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality), Home Office; Harrow East, Labour)
These are very important matters, which we will not be able to discuss in the 20 seconds left before we adjourn. The powers in the clause in respect of the duty to share information far more readily reflect what we want to do than otherwise. The amendments use the word “Treasury” quite a lot, which is always a good thing for a Minister who is not a Treasury Minister.