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Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 9th May 2002

STANDING COMMITTEE E


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

NATIONALITY, IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [30th April].

Clause No. 15 (Support for destitute asylum-seeker)

Amendment (No. 129) proposed, in page 9, line 12, after the word 'centre', to insert the words 'for a maximum period of three months'.—(Mr Humfrey Malins)

    Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

171

Clause     15,     page     9,     line     16,     at end insert 'and

      (c) neither the person nor his dependants has previously been accommodated in an accommodation centre for a period of six months in total.'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

169

Clause     15,     page     9,     line     25,     leave out paragraph (d).


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

130

Clause     16,     page     9,     line     39,     leave out paragraph (c).

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker

131

Clause     16,     page     10,     line     4,     after '18', insert 'for whom he is the parent or guardian'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

172

Clause     16,     page     10,     line     5,     at end insert—

       'or

      (c) it is not practicable for him to return to any other country.'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

132

Clause     16,     page     10,     line     13,     after '1950', add 'or Article 8 ("right to private life") of that Convention.'.


   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

173

Clause     17,     page     10,     line     17,     leave out 'and' and insert 'or'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

174

Clause     17,     page     10,     line     21,     leave out 'and' and insert 'or'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

175

Clause     17,     page     10,     line     32,     leave out subsection (5).

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

176

Clause     17,     page     10,     line     36,     leave out paragraph (a).

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

133

Clause     17,     page     10,     line     39,     at end insert 'having regard to all the circumstances'.

   

Angela Eagle

104

Clause     17,     page     10,     line     41,     leave out 'or assets which are' and insert 'which is'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

134

Clause     17,     page     10,     line     43,     at end insert 'having regard to all the circumstances'.

   

Angela Eagle

105

Clause     17,     page     10,     line     43,     at end insert—

      '() enable or require the Secretary of State in deciding whether a person is destitute to have regard to assets of a prescribed kind which he or a dependant of his has or might reasonably be expected to have;'.


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

135

Clause     18,     page     11,     line     5,     after 'class', add 'which shall be defined by the Secretary of State in regulations to be laid before both Houses of Parliament'.

   

Ms Karen Buck
Mr Neil Gerrard

103

Clause     18,     page     11,     line     5,     at end add—

      '(c) is over 18 years of age'.


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

136

Clause     19,     page     11,     line     8,     leave out 'and decide'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

137

Clause     19,     page     11,     line     8,     at end insert 'in accordance with Article 3 of the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child'.


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker

138

Clause     20,     page     11,     line     26,     at end add 'for a period of no longer than three months'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

177

Clause     20,     page     11,     line     26,     at end add 'for a period of no longer than six months in total.'.


   

Angela Eagle

106

Clause     21,     page     11,     line     28,     leave out subsection (1) and insert—

    '(1)   A residence restriction may include a requirement to reside at an accommodation centre.

    (1A)   In subsection (1) "residence restriction" means a restriction imposed under—

      (a) paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (c.77) (temporary admission or release from detention), or

      (b) paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 3 to that Act (control pending deportation).'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker

140

Clause     21,     page     11,     line     31,     after 'centre', insert 'for a period of no longer than three months'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

179

Clause     21,     page     11,     line     31,     at end insert 'for a period of no longer than 6 months in total.'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker

139

Clause     21,     page     11,     line     36,     leave out 'whether by him or by someone else' and insert 'by himself of a member of his family'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

180

Clause     21,     page     11,     line     36,     leave out 'someone else' and insert 'a dependant'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

178

Page     11,     line     27,     leave out Clause 21.


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker

141

Clause     24,     page     12,     line     18,     at end insert 'and a copy of whose contract of employment has been laid before the House of Commons'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

181

Clause     24,     page     12,     line     18,     at end insert—

    '(2)   No person shall be a manager of a centre if he or an employee of his is or has been

      (a) convicted of any offence of violence

      (b) convicted of any offences against children

      (c) the subject of an entry in the Child Protection Register

      (d) convicted of any offences involving financial impropriety

      (e) found guilty of any act of race of sex discrimination

      (f) convicted of any offences of harassment.

    (3)   The Secretary of State shall make regulations to give effect to subsection (2).'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

182

Clause     24,     page     12,     line     18,     at end insert—

    '(2)   In making such an agreement with a manager of an accommodation centre, the Secretary of State shall ensure that all relevant documentation and information is available to residents in the locality, their representatives and the public on request.

    (3)   "Relevant documentation and information" in subsection (2) includes (but is not confined to)

      (a) information about the terms and price of the contract agreed

      (b) information about the monitoring and reporting arrangements agreed

      (c) information about the standards of service agreed

      (d) documentation of all the above.'.


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

142

Clause     25,     page     12,     line     20,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Angela Eagle

107

Clause     25,     page     12,     line     25,     at end insert 'or in connection with a claim for asylum'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

184

Clause     25,     page     12,     line     29,     after 'training', insert '(which will include education and training in the English language, information technology and business skills)'.

   

Angela Eagle

108

Clause     25,     page     12,     leave out line 30 and insert—

      '() facilities relating to health;'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan

144

Clause     25,     page     12,     line     30,     after 'medical', insert 'and psychiatric'.

   

Angela Eagle

109

Clause     25,     page     12,     line     31,     at end insert—

      '( ) anything which the Secretary of State thinks ought to be provided for the purpose of providing a resident with proper occupation and for the purpose of maintaining good order;'.

 
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