Operation of centres
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan
NC7
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The Secretary of State must appoint a committee (to be known as the Visiting Committee) for each accommodation centre.
(2) The Secretary of State shall prescribe the functions of the Visiting Committee by making regulations under this Part.
(3) Those regulations must include provision—
| (a) | as to the making of visits to the centre by members of the Visiting Committee; |
| (b) | for the hearing of complaints made by persons detained by the Visiting Committee to the Secretary of State; |
| (c) | requiring the making of reports by the Visiting Committee to the Secretary of State; |
| (d) | that every member of the Visiting Committee for an accommodation centre may at any time enter the centre and have free access to every part of it and to every person residing there. |
(4) Accommodation centres created under this Part may also be inspected by HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the Social Services Inspectorate, whenever they think it appropriate.'.
Accommodation centres: Northern Ireland (No. 2)
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan
NC9
To move the following Clause:—
'The Secretary of State may not make arrangements under section 14 for the provision of premises in Northern Ireland unless he has consulted the Northern Ireland Ministers.'.
Accommodation provided under sections 95 and 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan
NC12
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) After section 97(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (Supplemental) there is added:
"(1A) Accommodation provided under section 95 will only be regarded as adequate provided:
| (a) | it is fit for human habitation as defined by section 604 of the Housing Act 1985 (as amended); |
| (b) | occupation of the accommodation by the asylum seekers and their dependants (if any) will not constitute overcrowding as defined by sections 324, 325 and 326 of the Housing Act 1985; |
| (c) | it does not constitute a statutory nuisance as defined by section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; |
| (d) | the Secretary of State is satisfied that, if occupied by them, the asylum seekers and their dependants (if any) would be reasonably safe from personal injury or from damage to their property caused by a relevant defect, as defined by section 4 of the Defective Premises Act 1972.". |
(2) After section 100(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (local authority and other assistance for Secretary of State) there is added—
"(1A) The Secretary of State may ask a local housing authority to take such steps as they are allowed by law to ensure accommodation provided under section 95 is adequate as defined by section 97(1A).".'.
Support for council tax
Simon Hughes
Mr Richard Allan
NC13
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) Schedule 8 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph 3 of the following—
"(3A) The regulations shall make provision that the needs of a person to be taken into account by the Secretary of State when deciding—
| (a) | if a person is destitute, and |
| (b) | if support is required to be provided, |
| (c) | the amount of support to be provided shall include the rent and similar charges and the Council Tax if any payable by the person or his dependant.". |
(2) Schedule 9 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph 7 of the following—
"(7A) The regulations shall make provision that the needs of a person to be taken into account by the local authority when deciding
| (a) | if a person is destitute, and |
| (b) | if support is required to be provided, |
| (c) | the amount of support to be provided shall include the rent and similar charges and the Council Tax if any payable by the person or his dependant.". |
(3) The Secretary of State shall make provision by regulations made under Schedules 8 and 9 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in respect of a qualifying person to be paid whether directly or indirectly for the Council Tax and any court or bailiff's costs in respect of the qualifying period.
(4) In this section—
| (a) | "A qualifying person" is a person |
| (i) | who or whose dependant was liable to pay Council Tax in respect of a time when he was or ought to have been in receipt of support under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, |
| (ii) | whose needs to be met by the funder (subject to the resources of the person), as calculated by the funder did not include Council Tax, and |
| (iii) | where that person has not subsequently received Council Tax benefit in respect of that period. |
| (b) | "The qualifying period" is the period or periods in relation to which the person was a qualifying person, |
| (c) | "funder" is the Secretary of State in cases where the Secretary of State was the person supplying the support under section 95(1) and the relevant local authority when the support was supplied under section 95(13), and |
| (d) | "section 95" means section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. |
(5) This section shall come into force 7 days after the passing of this Act.'.
Travel expenses
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Angela Watkinson
Mr Gregory Barker
NC14
To move the following Clause:—
'( ) The Secretary of State may make a payment to a person in respect of travel expenses which the person has incurred or will incur for the purposes of obtaining legal advice, assistance or representation on any matter relating to their immigration or asylum status, or in connection with any conditions placed upon them, appeals, or the practice, system and procedures of immigration control.'.
EXTRACT FROM ORDER OF THE HOUSE [24TH APRIL]
Proceedings in Standing Committee
(3) Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 16th May.
(4) The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
ORDER OF THE HOUSE [9TH MAY]
That the Order of 24th April (Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (Programme)) be amended by the substitution in paragraph (3) (proceedings in Standing Committee) of the words 'Tuesday 21st May' for the words 'Thursday 16th May'.
ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [30TH APRIL]
That—
| (1) | during proceedings on the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill the Standing Committee do meet when the House is sitting on Tuesdays at half-past Ten o'clock and half-past Four o'clock and on Thursdays at Nine o'clock and half-past Two o'clock, except that on Thursday 2nd May the Committee shall not meet and on Tuesday 7th May the Committee shall not meet at half-past Four o'clock; |
| (2) | the proceedings to be taken on a sitting shall be as shown in the second column of the Table below and shall be taken in the order so shown; |
| (3) | the proceedings which under paragraph (2) are to be taken on any sitting shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the Table; |
| (4) | paragraph (2) does not prevent proceedings being taken (in the order shown in the second column of the Table) on any earlier sitting than that provided for under paragraph (2) if all previous proceedings have already been concluded. |
TABLE
| Sitting | Proceedings | Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| 1st | Clauses 1 to 3, Schedule 1, Clauses 4 to 13, Schedule 2 |
9.55 pm |
| 2nd and 3rd | Clauses 14 to 33 | 11.25 am at 3rd Sitting |
| 4th | Clauses 34 to 44 | 7pm |
| 5th and 6th | Clauses 45 to 59, Schedule 3, Clauses 60 to 78, Schedule 4, Clauses 79 to 90, Schedules 5 and 6 |
9.55 pm at 6th sitting |
| 7th | Clauses 91 to 126, Schedule 7, Clauses 127 to 129 |
11.25 am |
| 8th | New Clauses, New Schedules and remaining proceedings on the Bill |
7 pm |
ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [9TH MAY]
That in the Order of the Committee of 30th April 2002 relating to programming, the following shall be substituted for the entries in the Table for the 2nd to 8th sittings—
| '2nd, 3rd and 4th | Clauses 14 to 33 | 7 pm at 4th sitting |
| 5th and 6th | Clauses 34 to 58 | 9.55 pm at 6th sitting |
| 7th and 8th | Clauses 94 to 126, Schedule 7, Clauses 127 to 129 |
7 pm at 8th sitting |
| 9th and 10th | Clause 59, Schedule 3, Clauses 60 to 78, Schedule 4, Clauses 79 to 90, Schedules 5 and 6, Clauses 91 to 93, New Clauses, New Schedules and remaining proceedings on the Bill |
9.55 pm at 10th sitting'. |
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