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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 13th March 2007

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

UK Borders Bill


 

[NINth and TENth Sittings]


 

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

 


 

Sir Andrew Green, Chairman, Mr Andrew Dennis, Head of Research, and Mr Richard Norman,

 

Executive Member, Migrationwatch UK.

 

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  22

 

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  21,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

No action taken in accordance with regulations made under subsection (2) shall

 

permit a breach of—

 

(a)    

a person’s convention rights;

 

(b)    

the United Kingdom’s obligations under the Refugee Convention; or

 

(c)    

a person’s rights under the Community Treaties.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Withdrawn  81

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  26,  leave out from ‘information’ to end of line 27 and insert

 

‘by authorised persons for any matter relating to immigration, nationality, terrorism or

 

money-laundering.’.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  23

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  27,  after ‘purposes’, insert ‘in accordance with, and for the

 

purposes of, another enactment.’.


 
 

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UK Borders Bill, continued

 
 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  62

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  27,  at end insert ‘but provision must be restricted to matters

 

relating to terrorism, serious organised crime, money laundering and serious fraud’.

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  82

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

must require the destruction of information provided in accordance with

 

the regulations when an individual subsequently becomes a British

 

citizen, and’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

David T. C. Davies

 

Withdrawn  4

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  12,  leave out ‘£1,000’ and insert ‘£5,000’.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  63

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  12,  leave out ‘£1,000’ and insert ‘the maximum fine on level

 

3 of the standard scale.’.

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  83

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  13,  leave out ‘14’ and insert ‘28’.

 

David T. C. Davies

 

Not called  5

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  13,  after ‘days’, insert ‘and not more than 28 days’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not selected  66

 

Page  6,  line  24,  leave out Clause 10.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 



 
 

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UK Borders Bill, continued

 
 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  64

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  19,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 12 Agreed to.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Withdrawn  65

 

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  14,  at end add ‘at least six months before the

 

commencement of the provisions’.

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  84

 

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  15,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

Sections 9 to 12 shall not come into force until the code has been laid before, and

 

approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 14 Agreed to.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  24

 

Clause  15,  page  8,  line  43,  at end insert—

 

‘(h)    

“non biometric information” does not include any sensitive personal data

 

(within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)) or anything

 

the disclosure of which would tend to reveal such data.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Withdrawn  128

 

Clause  16,  page  9,  line  15,  leave out from ‘State’ to end of line 16 and insert ‘where

 

it appears that there is evidence that establishes that he is likely to abscond and that such

 

a condition is justified as being necessary in the interests of public order, public safety,

 

national security or for the prevention of crime; and

 

(v)    

a condition requiring him to reside at a specified address where it appears

 

that there is evidence that establishes that he is likely to abscond and that


 
 

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UK Borders Bill, continued

 
 

such a condition is justified as being necessary in the interests of public

 

order, public safety, national security or for the prevention of crime,

 

provided that such conditions are consistent with the Human Rights Act

 

1998, the European Convention on Human Rights and the obligations of

 

the United Kingdom under the International Convenant on Civil and

 

Political Rights 1966.’.

 

.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  25

 

Clause  16,  page  9,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

For the purposes of section 3(1)(c)(v) of the 1971 Act any condition imposed

 

upon residence must be reasonable in all circumstances.’.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  85

 

Clause  16,  page  9,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

A condition about residence shall not apply if—

 

(a)    

the residence is more than 25 miles from the nearest reporting centre; or

 

(b)    

for employment purposes, a different location is more suitable.’.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  86

 

Clause  16,  page  9,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament, not more than 12 months after

 

the commencement of the provisions under this section, a report on the operation

 

of these conditions.’.

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  129

 

Clause  16,  page  9,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

After section 3(1)(c) of that Act insert—

 

“(d)    

A condition about reporting or residence under paragraph (c) above shall

 

not apply if the person is under the age of 18.”’.

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Withdrawn  130

 

Clause  16,  page  9,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

Any person granted limited leave to remain shall be allowed to seek employment

 

from two months after an appeal has been lodged.

 

(3)    

Any benefits received by a person granted limited leave to remain shall take

 

account of earned income.’.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 



 
 

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UK Borders Bill, continued

 
 

David T. C. Davies

 

Withdrawn  6

 

Clause  17,  page  9,  line  27,  leave out ‘can bring’ and insert ‘has brought’.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  87

 

Clause  17,  page  9,  line  36,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Agreed to  109

 

Clause  17,  page  9,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

For the purposes of the provisions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b), a

 

person’s status as an asylum-seeker by virtue of subsection (2)(b) continues for a

 

prescribed period after the appeal ceases to be pending.

 

(3B)    

In subsection (3A) “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the

 

Secretary of State; and the regulations—

 

(a)    

may contain incidental or transitional provision,

 

(b)    

may make different provision for different classes of case,

 

(c)    

shall be made by statutory instrument, and

 

(d)    

shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House

 

of Parliament.’.

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not selected  135

 

Page  9,  line  17,  leave out Clause 17.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to on division.

 


 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Withdrawn  131

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  leave out lines 2 to 5.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  88

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  3,  after ‘officer’, insert ‘designated under section 1 of the

 

UK Borders Act 2007’.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  89

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  3,  after ‘the’, insert ‘designated’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

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UK Borders Bill, continued

 
 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Withdrawn  136

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  leave out from line 23 to line 11 on page 11 and insert—

 

‘(5)    

The Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament regulations

 

setting out exceptions that may be considered on appeal.

 

(6)    

Regulations shall only be laid under subsection (5) after full consultation with all

 

interested bodies.’.

 

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m.


 
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