Amendments proposed to the Immigration and Asylum Bill - continued House of Commons

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Ms Diane Abbott

984

Clause     111,     page     68,     leave out lines 22 to 33.

   

Ms Diane Abbott

986

Clause     111,     page     68,     line     33,     at end insert—

    '(5A) The arrested person must be provided with a record of any evidence retained, in a language which he can fully understand, with a copy of the said evidence, within 24 hours of the time of retention, and if he is incapable of understanding the record or the reasons for the retention by reason of age or disability, the record and full reasons should be given to him in the presence of an appropriate adult and copies of the evidence given to the said adult'.

   

Ms Diane Abbott

985

Clause     111,     page     68,     line     34,     leave out 'seized under subsection 4(b)' and insert 'recorded in the search record, which the immigration officer has reasonable grounds for believing is evidence relating to the immigration offence in question'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

435

Clause     111,     page     68,     line     39,     at end insert 'and where it appears necessary to do so the officer must take reasonable steps to explain the reason for the seizure in a language or manner which the person understands'.

   

Ms Diane Abbott

987

Clause     111,     page     68,     leave out lines 40 to 43.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

436

Clause     111,     page     69,     leave out lines 39 to 44.

   

Mr Mike O'Brien

803

Clause     111,     page     70,     line     15,     at end insert 'seized under sub-paragraph (2)(a)'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

437

Clause     111,     page     70,     line     24,     at end insert 'and where it appears necessary to do so the officer must take reasonably steps to explain the reason for the seizure in a language or manner which the person understands'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

964

Clause     112,     page     71,     line     17,     leave out 'a reasonable time' and insert 'one week'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

965

Clause     112,     page     72,     line     14,     leave out 'a reasonable time' and insert 'one week'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

966

Clause     114,     page     73,     line     24,     after 'authorise', insert 'no more than two'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

967

Clause     114,     page     73,     line     25,     at end insert 'for every person named on the said warrant'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

438

Clause     114,     page     73,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '(3A) If there are reasonable grounds for believing that the occupier of the premises may not be able to fully comprehend the purpose of the warrant the immigration officer must take reasonable steps to ensure that he is accompanied by a suitable interpreter unless obtaining the presence of such an interpreter would cause delay so as to frustrate the purpose of the search'.

   

Mr Mike O'Brien

515

Clause     114,     page     74,     line     17,     leave out from first 'the' to end of line 18 and insert 'justices' chief executive appointed by the magistrates' court committee whose area includes the petty sessions area for which the justice acts'.


   

Mr Mike O'Brien

804

Clause     116,     page     75,     line     4,     leave out from 'If' to 'pending' in line 6 and insert 'there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is someone in respect of whom directions may be given under any of paragraphs 8 to 10 or 12 to 14, that person may be detained under the authority of an immigration officer'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

439

Clause     116,     page     75,     line     8,     at end insert 'but he may not detain that person for more than one week unless he obtains the authority of a senior officer to do so and he may not detain that person for more than one month unless he obtains the authority of a justice of the peace to do so'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

968

Clause     117,     page     75,     line     15,     leave out 'the 1971 Act or' and insert 'Part VII of'.

   

Mr Mike O'Brien

992

Clause     117,     page     75,     line     15,     at end insert—

    '( ) Any person exercising a power conferred by sections (Fingerprinting) or (Attendance for fingerprinting) may, if necessary, use reasonable force.'.


   

Mr Mike O'Brien

909

Clause     118,     page     75,     line     32,     leave out from '1971' to end of line 33.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

440

Clause     122,     page     78,     line     14,     leave out 'or the contract monitor'.


   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

974

Clause     123,     page     78,     line     37,     leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

441

Clause     123,     page     78,     line     42,     at end insert—

      '(d) to ensure that information on conditions of detention and procedures for making complaints are available to detainees and that reasonable steps are taken to make such information available to detainees in a language they can understand'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

442

Clause     124,     page     79,     line     14,     at end add—

    '(4) For detainees to receive visits for the purpose of giving legal advice by any voluntary organisation in receipt of a grant under section 37.'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

446

Schedule     9,     page     104,     line     18,     leave out from 'level' to the end of the line and insert '5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

447

Schedule     9,     page     104,     line     29,     after 'headgear', insert 'unless the headgear has cultural or religious significance'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

448

Schedule     9,     page     104,     line     38,     at end insert—

    '(5) The details of any exercise of powers under this paragraph must be noted in a register kept for this purpose which must be open for inspection'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

449

Schedule     9,     page     104,     line     41,     leave out from 'facility' to end of line 42.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

450

Schedule     9,     page     105,     leave out lines 3 and 4 and insert 'acting in the course of his duties'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

443

Schedule     9,     page     105,     leave out lines 16 to 18 and insert 'acting in the course of his duties'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

444

Schedule     9,     page     105,     line     20,     leave out '3' and insert '4'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

445

Schedule     9,     page     105,     line     22,     leave out 'paragraphs 2 and 3' and insert 'this Schedule'.

   

Mr Mike O'Brien

973

Schedule     9,     page     105,     line     22,     leave out '2 and 3' and insert '4 and 5'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

977

Schedule     9,     page     105,     line     25,     leave out 'or otherwise'.

   

Mr Mike O'Brien

918

Schedule     9,     page     105,     leave out line 43.


   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

978

Schedule     10,     page     108,     line     3,     after 'thing', insert 'specified in a penalty notice which complies with paragraph 7 of this Schedule.'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

979

Schedule     10,     page     108,     line     8,     after 'thing', insert 'specified in a penalty notice which complies with paragraph 7 of this Schedule.'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

980

Schedule     10,     page     108,     line     16,     at end insert—

    '( ) A penalty notice under sub-paragraph (1) must specify those items which may not be brought into a detention centre'.

 
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