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House of Commons

Tuesday 19 November 2013

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Immigration Bill

[Eleventh Sitting]

Domestic abuse and female genital mutilation

Meg Hillier

Not called  NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘No charge under section 33 may be imposed for health services—

(a)
relating to injuries sustained as a result of domestic abuse as defined in

Home Office Circular 003/2013 “New government domestic violence

and abuse definition”, or

(b)
relating to injuries sustained as a result of female genital mutilation as

defined in the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.’.

Impact on victims of domestic abuse and female genital mutilation

Meg Hillier

Not called  NC5

To move the following Clause:—

‘Prior to implementation of section 33 the Secretary of State must publish an

assessment of the projected impact on—

(a)
victims of domestic abuse as defined in Home Office Circular 003/2013

“New government domestic violence and abuse definition” or

(b)
victims of female genital mutilation as defined in the Female Genital

Mutilation Act 2003.’.

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Human trafficking

Meg Hillier

Not called  NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
No charge under section 33 may be imposed on victims or suspected victims of

human trafficking.

(2)
The Secretary of State must—

(a)
issue a code of practice for identifying suspected victims of human

trafficking for the purposes of this chapter,

(b)
from time to time review the code, and may revise and re-issue it

following a review; and

(c)
lay the code, and any revision of the code, before Parliament.’.

Review of appeals process

Mr David Hanson

Helen Jones

Phil Wilson

Not moved  nc7

To move the following Clause:—

‘Following Royal Assent of this Bill the Secretary of State shall produce a review

after 12 months to be laid in the Library of the House of the numbers of people

successfully deported within a calendar year of the decision under sections 11 to

14.’.

Residence permit: domestic violence

Mr David Hanson

Helen Jones

Phil Wilson

Withdrawn  nc8

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
A person (P) shall be entitled to a residence permit for three months for rest and

reflection where—

(a)
P is married, in a civil partnership, or in a durable relationship with

someone who is lawfully in the UK; and

(b)
P is in the UK as a dependant of that other person; and

(c)
the relationship breaks down as a result of domestic violence.

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(2)
The residence permit shall be available to P and any dependants already in the UK

with entitlement to work.’.

Non-discriminatory shifts and hours of work

Mr David Hanson

Helen Jones

Phil Wilson

Not called  NC9

To move the following Clause:—

‘In section 39 of the Equality Act 2010 (Employees and applicants), after

paragraph (2)(b) insert—

“(ba)
as to B’s shifts or hours of work;”.’.

Gangmasters: licensing of activities

Mr David Hanson

Helen Jones

Phil Wilson

Not called  NC10

To move the following Clause:—

‘In section 3 of the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 (Work to which this Act

applies), after paragraph (1)(c) insert—

“(d)
any further work which by order of the Secretary of State is

defined as relevant to this section.”.’.

National minimum wage: appointment of officers

Mr David Hanson

Helen Jones

Phil Wilson

Not called  NC11

To move the following Clause:—

‘In section 13 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (Appointment of

officers), after paragraph (1)(a) insert—

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“(ba)
shall enable chief executive officers of local authorities the

power to appoint officers to act for the purposes of this Act;

and”.’.

National minimum wage: non-compliance

Mr David Hanson

Helen Jones

Phil Wilson

Not called  NC12

To move the following Clause:—

‘In section 31 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (Offences), after

subsection (9) insert—

“(10)
Non-compliance with regulations in this section is subject to a civil

penalty of up to £50,000.”.’.

Recruitment agencies: local workforce

Mr David Hanson

Helen Jones

Phil Wilson

Withdrawn  NC13

To move the following Clause:—

‘In section 5 of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (General regulations), after

subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)
By order the Secretary of State can prohibit UK based agencies as

defined in this section from including only people not ordinarily resident

in the UK as their clients.”.’.

Employment of an adult subject to immigration control: penalty

Mr David Hanson

Helen Jones

Phil Wilson

Withdrawn  NC14

To move the following Clause:—

‘In section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (Penalty),

omit subsection (2) and insert—

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“(2)
The Secretary of State may give an employer who acts contrary to this

section a notice requiring him to pay a penalty of a specified amount not

exceeding the prescribed maximum and not below the prescribed

minimum.”.’.

Restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian migrants

Nigel Mills

Withdrawn  NC15

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Transitional Provisions set out in Article 20 and Annexes VI and VII of the

European Communities No. 2 (2005) Treaty shall be in force until 31 December

2018.’.

Support for prescribed groups

Dr Julian Huppert

Withdrawn  NC16

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Accommodation) is

amended as follows.

(2)
In subsection (1), for “facilities for the accommodation” substitute “support”.

(3)
In subsection (2), for “facilities for the accommodation” substitute “support”.

(4)
In subsection (3), for “facilities for the accommodation of a dependant of a person

for whom facilities” and insert “support of a dependant of a person for whom

support”.

(5)
In subsection (5)—

(a)
in paragraph (a), for “accommodation” substitute “support” in both

occurrences; and

(b)
in paragraph (b), for “accommodation” substitute “support” in both

occurrences.

(6)
In subsection (6)—

(a)
in paragraph (a), for “accommodation” substitute “support”;

(b)
in paragraph (b), for “accommodation” substitute “support”; and

(c)
in paragraph (c), for “accommodation” substitute “support” in both

occurrences.

(7)
For subsections (10) and (11) substitute—

“(10)
“support” means—

(a)
accommodation appearing to the Secretary of State to be

adequate for the needs of the supported person and his

dependants;

(b)
food or other essential items;

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(c)
the means to enable the supported person to meet what appear to

the Secretary of State to be expenses (other than legal expenses

or other expenses of a prescribed description) incurred in

connection with his claim for asylum or leave to remain in the

UK;

(d)
the means for the supported person and his dependants to attend

bail proceedings in connection with his detention under any

provision of the Immigration Acts; or

(e)
the means to enable the supported person and his dependants to

attend bail proceedings in connection with the detention of a

dependant of his under any such provision.

(11)
If the Secretary of State considers that the circumstances of a particular

case are exceptional, such other resources as he considers necessary to

enable the supported person and his dependants to be supported.”.’.

Review of the labour market, housing and equality

Mr David Hanson

Helen Jones

Phil Wilson

Not called  NC17

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
That no later than 12 months following Royal Assent of the Immigration Act the

Government shall produce an assessment of the impact of European immigration

to the UK with specific reference to non-compliance with and enforcement of

the—

(a)
National Minimum Wage Act 1998;

(b)
Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004;

(c)
Equalities Act 2010; and

(d)
Housing Act 2004.

(2)
The review shall assess the impact of each Act in relation to European

Community immigration and shall make recommendations to the Secretary of

State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Home Secretary and the Minister of

State in the Cabinet Office with a copy of the report being placed in the library of

each House of Parliament.’.

Bill, as amended, to be reported.



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