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1977

 

House of Commons

 
 

Wednesday 7 May 2014

 

Consideration of Lords Amendments

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Immigration Bill, As Amended


 

MANUSCRIPT AMENDMENTS

 

Lords Amendment No. 6

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Sarah Teather

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

John McDonnell

 

Caroline Lucas

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

In subsection (1)(b), leave out ‘and (ii) is living in a household in the United

 

Kingdom with the child,’.

 

Sarah Teather

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

John McDonnell

 

Caroline Lucas

 

(b)

 

Parliamentary Star    

In subsection (2)(b), leave out ‘if, as a result, no relevant parent or carer would remain

 

in the United Kingdom’ and insert—

 

‘(c)    

parents must only be separated from children where this is necessary for

 

the purposes of child protection.’.

 

 

Lords Amendment No. 7

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Sarah Teather

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

John McDonnell

 

Caroline Lucas

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

In subsection (3)(b), leave out ‘and (ii) is living in a household in the United


 
 

Consideration of Lords Amendments: 7 May 2014            

1978

 

Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Kingdom with the child,’.

 

 

Lords Amendment No. 8

 

Sarah Teather

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

John McDonnell

 

Caroline Lucas

 

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

 

Sarah Teather

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

John McDonnell

 

Caroline Lucas

 

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of Lords Amendment 8:—

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  2,  line  35,  at end insert the following new Clause:—

 

‘Restrictions on detention of unaccompanied children

 

 

(1)    

An unaccompanied child shall not be detained under Immigration Act powers.

 

(2)    

“unaccompanied child” means a person—

 

(a)    

who is under the age of 18, and

 

(b)    

who is not accompanied whilst in detention, by his or her parent or

 

another individual who has care of him or her.’.

 

 

Lords Amendment No. 19

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Sarah Teather

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

John McDonnell

 

Caroline Lucas

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

At end add ‘, and confirms that the best interests of a child in the United Kingdom

 

continue to be a primary consideration in all cases involving childen.’.

 

 


 
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