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RE-ISSUE

5

House of Commons

Tuesday 27th February 2007

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

UK Borders Bill

[FIRst and Second Sittings]

Mr Liam Byrne

Agreed to on division

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday

27th February) meet—

(a)
at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 27th February;

(b)
at 9.00 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 1st March;

(c)
at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 6th March;

(d)
at 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th March;

(e)
at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 13th March;

(f)
at 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 15th March;

(g)
at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 20th March;

(h)
at 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 22nd March;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table;

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 27th February
Until no later than
Home Office

1.00 p.m.

Tuesday 27th February
Until no later than
Immigration Law

5.30 p.m.
Practitioners

Association

Tuesday 27th February
Until no later than
Immigration Advisory

6.30 p.m.
Service

Thursday 1st March
Until no later than
National Car Parks

9.40 a.m.

Thursday 1st March
Until no later than
Trades Union Congress;

10.25 a.m.
Transport and General

Workers’ Union

Thursday 1st March
Until no later than
Professor Ross

2.30 p.m.
Anderson, Cambridge

University; Phil Booth,

National Coordinator,

NO2ID

Thursday 1st March
Until no later than
Liberty

3.30 p.m.

Thursday 1st March
Until no later than
Additional witnesses to

5.00 p.m.
be decided by the

Committee

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, continued

(3)
proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 43; Schedule; Clauses 44 to 46; new Clauses;

new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday 22nd March.

Mr Liam Byrne has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C].

As an amendment to Mr Liam Byrne’s proposed Motion:

Paul Rowen

Damian Green

Mr Crispin Blunt

Negatived on division

Line  35,  leave out ‘Additional witnesses to be decided by the Committee’ and

insert ‘Refugee Children’s Consortium’.

Mr Liam Byrne

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Agreed to

Mr Liam Byrne

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

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, continued

Agreed to

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

Liam Byrne MP, Minister for Immigration, Nationality and Citizenship, and Joan Ryan MP,

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, James Hall, Chief Executive, Identity and

Passport Service, Tony Smith, Head of Border Control, and Stuart Hyde, Senior Director,

Enforcement, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, and Bob Lauder, Deputy Director for

Scotland and Northern Ireland, Serious and Organised Crime Agency Enforcement Directorate.

Mr Liam Byrne

Agreed to

That the Order of the Committee [27th February] be varied as follows—

  In the table, line 14, leave out ‘2.30’ and insert ‘3.00’.



    In the table, line 19, leave out ‘3.30’ and insert 5.00’.

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

Steve Symonds, Legal Officer, and Richard Thomas, Barrister, Immigration Law Practitioners’

Association.

Keith Best, Chief Executive, and Nicole Shepherd, Tribunal Review Councillor, Higher Appeals

Unit, Immigration Advisory Service.

[Adjourned till Thursday 1st March at 9.00 a.m.