Clause 7
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill
6:45 pm
Nick Palmer (PPS (Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State), Department of Trade and Industry; Broxtowe, Labour)
Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that the issues here are different? In the present context, we are talking about life and death matters, because if the detailed reasons for the director’s decision were to be effectively challenged in court by judicial review, it would be necessary to go into much more detail in public than is foreseen, for the reasons we have discussed. I agree with the hon. Gentleman that in an immigration case there is a case to be made for doing that. In the present case it seems to me that there is potentially a real risk.