House of Commons Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Session 2013 - 14
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House of Commons

Tuesday 29 October 2013

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Immigration Bill

[First and Second Sittings]

Mr Mark Harper

Agreed to

That the Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee of Thursday 24 October be

amended as follows.

     (a) In the Table, in the third entry for Tuesday 29 October leave out “Immigration

         Law Practitioners’ Association”.

     (b) In the Table, after the last entry for Tuesday 29 October, insert the following

         entry:

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 29
Until no later
Immigration Law Practitioners’

October
than 4.30 pm
Association

Mr Mark Harper

Agreed to

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.55 am on Tuesday 29

October) meet—

(a)
at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 29 October;

(b)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 31 October;

(c)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 5 November;

(d)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 7 November;

(e)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 12 November;

(f)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 19 November;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 29 October 2013
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Immigration Bill, continued

      TABLE

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 29
Until no later
Professor J Meirion Thomas, The

October
than 9.45 am
Royal Marsden; Jacqueline

Bishop, Brighton and Sussex

University Trust and co-chair of

the Overseas Visitors Advisory

Group, NHS

Tuesday 29
Until no later
British Medical Association; Royal

October
than 10.45 am
College of General Practitioners;

Academy of Medical Royal

Colleges

Tuesday 29
Until no later
MigrationWatch UK

October
than 11.25 am

Tuesday 29
Until no later
National Landlords Association;

October
than 3.00 pm
Residential Landlords Association;

UK Association of Lettings Agents

Tuesday 29
Until no later
Crisis

October
than 3.30 pm

Tuesday 29
Until no later
Universities UK

October
than 4.00 pm

Tuesday 29
Until no later
Immigration Law Practitioners’

October
than 4.30 pm
Association

Thursday 31
Until no later
JUSTICE

October
than 12.00

noon

Thursday 31
Until no later
Liberty

October
than 12.30 pm

Thursday 31
Until no later
Joint Council for the Welfare of

October
than 1.00 pm
Immigrants

Thursday 31
Until no later
Home Office

October
than 2.45 pm

(3)
proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 and 2; Schedule 1; Clauses 3 to 8; Schedule 2;

Clauses 9 to 15; Schedule 3; Clauses 16 to 47; Schedule 4; Clauses 48 to 53;

Schedule 5; Clauses 54 to 57; Schedule 6; Clause 58; Schedule 7; Clauses 59

to 62; Schedule 8; Clauses 63 to 66; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining

proceedings on the Bill; and

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 19 November.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 29 October 2013
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Immigration Bill, continued

Mr Mark Harper

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication

Agreed to

Mr Mark Harper

That at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

Agreed to

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

Professor J Meirion Thomas, Senior Surgeon and Professor of Surgical Oncology, The

Royal Marsden;

Jacqueline Bishop, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust and Co-Chair of the

Overseas Visitors Advisory Group, NHS;

Professor Vivienne Nathanson, British Medical Association;

Clare Gerada, Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners;

Professor Terence Stephenson, Academy Chairman, Academy of Medical Royal

Colleges;

Sir Andrew Green, MigrationWatch UK;

Matthew Pollard, Executive Director, MigrationWatch UK;

Carolyn Uphill, Chairman, National Landlords Association;

Richard Jones, Policy Director, Residential Landlords Association;

Caroline Kenny, Executive, UK Association of Letting Agents;

Katherine Sacks-Jones, Head of Policy and Campaigns, Crisis;

Professor Colin Riordan, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cardiff and Chair of

Universities UK’s International Policy Network, Universities UK;

Jo Attwooll, Policy Adviser, International Policy, Universities UK;

Adrian Berry, Chair, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association.

[Adjourned until Thursday at 11.30 am



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