Andrew MacKay: ...list of approved providers for overseas students are bogus, what action will the Secretary of State take to deal with that, and does he agree that it is a very serious problem that adds to illegal immigration?
Alistair Burt: ...of my hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert), my Front-Bench colleague who speaks on home affairs, at the conclusion of yesterday’s debate on the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill. He expressed concern that we are not spending enough time on really important issues. We are concerned to use a generally consensual attitude to scrutinise carefully what is...
Liam Byrne: The media were invited to observe the work being undertaken by the Border and Immigration Agency to combat illegal working and to enforce the UK's immigration laws. The media have accompanied the agency on a number of operations in the London and South East region in the last few months.
Liam Byrne: ... 16,338 0 G National Offender Management Service HQ 383,983 0 H Prisons - private sector 23,720 0 I Prisons - public sector (4,900) 0 J Probation HQ 457 0 K Border and Immigration Agency 72,136 72,446 L Identity and passport Service 22,563 44,563 M Central services 3,439 (15,528) W Independent Police Complaints Commission 2,626 2,626 X...
Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures she has put in place to ensure that immigrants applying for skilled jobs in the UK who are from countries where English is not the first language will not be discriminated against as a result of the English language test requirement.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests were made by (a) police and (b) immigration officers for offences under the Immigration Act 1971 in each year since 1997.
Damian Green: ...pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Reading, East (Mr. Wilson) of 8 October 2007, Official Report, column 169W, on prisons: deportation; when the Chief Executive of the Border and Immigration Agency will next update the Home Affairs Committee on the position of foreign national prisoners in the immigration detention estate.
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
...leave out paragraph (b) and insert— '(aa) is made by virtue of subsection (3)(h) and specifies a matter relating to events which have (or may have) occurred while a person was in the custody of immigration officers, or under their control or escort, in Scotland; or (b) is made by virtue of subsection (4) and specifies a matter which the Secretary of State considers is (or may be) linked...
Maria Eagle: ...in respect of Scotland. Let me make it clear that these have been agreed with the Scottish Executive. In particular, the amendments extend the commissioner's remit for investigating deaths to immigration detention premises and immigration custody in Scotland, while safeguarding the roles of the Lord Advocate and procurator fiscal in relation to criminal investigations and the investigation...
Sylvia Heal: ...of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, after section 100(2)(b), insert— "(c) in relation to an offence committed after the commencement of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, unless he has previously received a youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance under that paragraph.".'. New clause 42— Restrictions on...
Iain Wright: ...ways, including on our own—and that needs to be addressed through the housing stock in a way that it perhaps was not 20, 30 or 40 years ago. I was interested in the hon. Gentleman's point about immigration. He said that 40 per cent. of new household formations were the result of migrant flows. I point out to him that 23 per cent. of new households in the east of England are a result of...
...proceedings for the offence, or any related offence, after the coming into force of section (Credit for period of remand on bail: terms of imprisonment and detention) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, and (c) the offender's bail was subject to a qualifying curfew condition and an electronic monitoring condition ("the relevant conditions"). (2) Subject to subsection (4), the...
John Martin McDonnell: As hon. Members will see from the monitor, the House is debating the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill and the withdrawal of trade union rights from the Prison Officers Association, and the debate in this Chamber is about police pay, so it is clearly a day for dealing with contentious political matters. I understand that there will be a Division in 15 minutes, before which I shall make a...
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
Stewart Hosie: ...related to Scotland—issues to do with the commissioner for offender management, nuclear material and facilities, the Data Protection Act 1998, the British Transport police, defence policing, and immigration status for foreign nationals. The explanatory notes said that there would be no requirement for a consent to legislate motion. By and large, the measures seemed reasonable. However, I...
Gordon Brown: ...not give me the answer on two occasions. I suggest that the whole country supports ID cards for foreign nationals, and that that is the best protection we have, and one of the best against illegal immigration. If he cannot answer that question, he is not fit to ask questions about other issues. On capital gains tax, when we came to power it was 40 per cent. Now, under the Chancellor's...
Dawn Primarolo: The impact of immigration on health is more directly reflected in the health status and the underpinning determinants of health of specific ethnic minority groups, than of immigration. In general, we know there is a strong link between ethnicity, deprivation and poor health, but it is also important to recognise that there is considerable diversity between different ethnic groups. No specific...
Lord West of Spithead: We recognise that we have a responsibility to process genuine passengers without delay but the safety and security of the public is our priority. Border Control is currently monitoring queues at the Immigration Control at 10 airports across the UK (Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Stansted, Luton, Bristol, Cardiff and Newcastle) to benchmark performance. The ports in...
Lord West of Spithead: Non-EEA nationals residing legally in another member state have no right of entry to the United Kingdom. Any request to enter is considered under the appropriate immigration rules.