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1955

 

House of Commons

 
 

Wednesday 7 May 2014

 

Consideration of Lords Amendments

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Immigration Bill, As Amended


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Immigration Bill

 

(Programme (No. 2)) Motion to be proposed by Secretary Theresa May.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 18

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

To move the following Amendments to the words so restored to the Bill:—

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  47,  line  40,  at end insert ‘, and

 

(c)    

the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds for believing that the

 

person is able, under the law of a country or territory outside the United

 

Kingdom, to become a national of such a country or territory.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(b)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  48,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

After section 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981 insert—

 

“40B  

Review of power under section 40(4A)

 

(1)    

The Secretary of State must arrange for a review of the operation of the

 

relevant deprivation power to be carried out in relation to each of the

 

following periods—

 

(a)    

the initial one year period;

 

(b)    

each subsequent three year period.


 
 

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Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

(2)    

The “relevant deprivation power” is the power to make orders under

 

section 40(2) to deprive persons of a citizenship status in the

 

circumstances set out in section 40(4A).

 

(3)    

A review must be completed as soon as practicable after the end of the

 

period to which the review relates.

 

(4)    

As soon as practicable after a person has carried out a review in relation

 

to a particular period, the person must—

 

(a)    

produce a report of the outcome of the review, and

 

(b)    

send a copy of the report to the Secretary of State.

 

(5)    

The Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a copy

 

of each report sent under subsection (4)(b).

 

(6)    

The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the person who

 

produced the report, exclude a part of the report from the copy laid before

 

Parliament if the Secretary of State is of the opinion that it would be

 

contrary to the public interest or prejudicial to national security for that

 

part of the report to be made public.

 

(7)    

The Secretary of State may—

 

(a)    

make such payments as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate

 

in connection with the carrying out of a review, and

 

(b)    

make such other arrangements as the Secretary of State thinks

 

appropriate in connection with the carrying out of a review

 

(including arrangements for the provision of staff, other

 

resources and facilities).

 

(8)    

In this section—

 

“initial one year period” means the period of one year beginning with the

 

day when section 40(4A) comes into force;

 

“subsequent three year period” means a period of three years beginning with

 

the first day after the most recent of—

 

(a)    

the initial one year period, or

 

(b)    

the most recent subsequent three year period.”’.

 

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 16

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

 



 
 

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Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Lords Amendment No. 24

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

 

 

Order of the House [22 October 2013]

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Immigration Bill:

 

Committal

 

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

 

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

 

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

 

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 19th November 2013.

 

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

 

which it meets.

 

Consideration and Third Reading

 

4.    

Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

 

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

 

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

 

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

 

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

 

Other proceedings

 

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

 

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

 

Lords) may be programmed.

 

 

immigration Bill (programme (no.2))

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Immigration Bill for the purpose of

 

supplementing the Order of 22 October 2013 (Immigration Bill (Programme)):

 

Consideration of Lords Amendments

 

1.    

Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not

 

previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after their

 

commencement at today‘s sitting.

 

2.    

The proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the

 

following Table.

 

3.    

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

 

conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.


 
 

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Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Lords Amendments

Time for conclusion of proceedings

 
 

No. 18

90 minutes after the commencement of

 
  

proceedings on consideration of Lords

 
  

amendments

 
 

Nos. 16, 24, 1 to 15, 17, 19

Three hours after the commencement of

 
 

to 23 and 25 to 36

those proceedings

 
 

Subsequent stages

 

4.    

Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without

 

any Question being put.

 

5.    

The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not

 

previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their

 

commencement.

 


 
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