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| Tuesday 27th February 2007 |
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| [FIRst and Second Sittings]
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| | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday |
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| | (a) | at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 27th February; |
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| | (b) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 1st March; |
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| | (c) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 6th March; |
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| | (d) | at 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th March; |
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| | (e) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 13th March; |
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| | (f) | at 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 15th March; |
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| | (g) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 20th March; |
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| | (h) | at 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 22nd March; |
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| | (2) | the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following |
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| | (3) | proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the |
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| | following order: Clauses 1 to 43; Schedule; Clauses 44 to 46; new Clauses; |
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| | new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill; |
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| | (4) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday 22nd March. |
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| | Mr Liam Byrne has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the |
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| | Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C]. |
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| | As an amendment to Mr Liam Byrne’s proposed Motion: |
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| Line 35, leave out ‘Additional witnesses to be decided by the Committee’ and |
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| insert ‘Refugee Children’s Consortium’. |
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| | That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the |
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| | Committee shall be reported to the House for publication. |
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| | That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the |
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| | Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted. |
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| The following witnesses gave oral evidence:
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| Liam Byrne MP, Minister for Immigration, Nationality and Citizenship, and Joan Ryan MP, |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, James Hall, Chief Executive, Identity and |
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| Passport Service, Tony Smith, Head of Border Control, and Stuart Hyde, Senior Director, |
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| Enforcement, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, and Bob Lauder, Deputy Director for |
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| Scotland and Northern Ireland, Serious and Organised Crime Agency Enforcement Directorate. |
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| | That the Order of the Committee [27th February] be varied as follows— |
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| | In the table, line 14, leave out ‘2.30’ and insert ‘3.00’.
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| | In the table, line 19, leave out ‘3.30’ and insert 5.00’. |
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| The following witnesses gave oral evidence:
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| Steve Symonds, Legal Officer, and Richard Thomas, Barrister, Immigration Law Practitioners’ |
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| Keith Best, Chief Executive, and Nicole Shepherd, Tribunal Review Councillor, Higher Appeals |
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| Unit, Immigration Advisory Service. |
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| [Adjourned till Thursday 1st March at 9.00 a.m. |
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