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Report Stage Proceedings: 9th May 2007                  

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“(c)    

any person who was an asylum-seeker, or dependent of an asylum-

 

seeker, whose application for leave to remain was declined but who

 

remains in the United Kingdom.”.

 

(4)    

Section 97(1)(a) is hereby repealed.’.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not selected  3

 

Page  3,  line  6  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘an airport and a hoverport’ and insert ‘any

 

place of departure from, or embarkation onto, any means of international transportation’.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not selected  4

 

Page  3,  line  9  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘a ship or aircraft’ and insert ‘any means of

 

international transportation’.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not selected  5

 

Page  3,  line  10  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘a ship or aircraft’ and insert ‘any means of

 

international transportation’.

 

Damian Green

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  1

 

Page  3,  line  14  [Clause  5],  after ‘person’ insert ‘aged 16 or over’.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  6

 

Page  4,  line  25  [Clause  5],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Regulations under subsection (1)(a) must not require an individual to carry a

 

biometric document at all times.’.

 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  16

 

Page  4,  line  29  [Clause  5],  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Regulations under subsection (1)(b) may not make provision the effect of which

 

would be to require a person to carry a biometric immigration document at all

 

times.’.

 



 
 

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Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  28

 

Page  5,  line  20  [Clause  7],  after ‘may’, insert ‘, in so far as is compatible with

 

duties arising under the European Convention on Human Rights, Conventions relating to

 

the status of refugees and Community Treaties’.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  7

 

Page  8,  line  22  [Clause  13],  at end insert ‘but shall be published at least six months

 

before the commencement of the provisions’.

 


 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not selected  29

 

Page  9,  line  24  [Clause  16],  leave out from ‘State’ to end of line 25 and insert

 

‘where there is evidence that establishes on a serious basis that he is likely to abscond and

 

that such a condition is 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

 

wherever there is evidence that establishes on a serious basis that

 

he is likely to abscond and that such a condition is necessary in

 

the interests of public order, public safety, national security or

 

for the prevention of crime.”’.

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not selected  30

 

Page  9,  line  25  [Clause  16],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Conditions under subsection (1)(c)(iv) and (v) above shall be applied only in so

 

far as they are compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and

 

the obligations of the United Kingdom under the International Covenant on Civil

 

and Political Rights 1966.”’.

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  31

 

Page  9,  line  41  [Clause  17],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

A-S is under the age of 18.’.

 



 
 

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Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  32

 

Page  10,  line  13  [Clause  17],  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

Where his application for asylum has been rejected, A-S shall be given support

 

under the provisions of section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

 

for a period of two weeks from the date on which the application was rejected.

 

(8)    

After the period of two weeks specified under subsection (7) has lapsed, A-S shall

 

continue to be granted support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum

 

Act 1999 (c. 33) if—

 

(a)    

A-S has completed a formal application for support, and

 

(b)    

a decision about the eligibility of A-S to receive such support has not yet

 

been made.’.

 


 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  33

 

Page  11,  line  27  [Clause  19],  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

Rules under subsection (5) may not be made unless a draft has been laid before

 

and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”’.

 


 

Mr Anthony Steen

 

Not called  36

 

Page  15,  line  37  [Clause  30],  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

In section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act

 

2004 (c. 19) after subsection (5) add—

 

“(6)    

If there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person has been the

 

victim of trafficking in human beings, that person shall not be removed

 

from the UK until the process of identifying the person as a victim of an

 

offence has been completed.

 

(7)    

If an unaccompanied child is identified as a victim of trafficking, the

 

Secretary of State shall—

 

(a)    

provide for representation of the child by a legal guardian,

 

organisation or authority which shall act in the best interests of

 

that child;

 

(b)    

take the necessary steps to establish the identity and nationality

 

of the child; and

 

(c)    

make every effort to locate the family of the child when the

 

Secretary of State determines that this is in the best interests of

 

the child.

 

(8)    

If an individual has been identified as a victim of trafficking the Secretary

 

of State shall allow a recovery and reflection period of not less than 30

 

days.

 

(9)    

During the reflection period established under subsection (8) it shall not

 

be possible to enforce any expulsion order against that person and the


 
 

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Secretary of State shall authorise the persons concerned to stay in the

 

UK.”’.

 


 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Negatived on division  34

 

Page  16,  line  6  [Clause  31],  leave out from ‘whom’ to end of line and insert ‘the

 

condition under subsection (2) applies.’.

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  35

 

Page  16  [Clause  31],  leave out lines 7 to 13 and insert—

 

‘(2)    

The Condition is that, in the opinion of the sentencing judge, there is no public

 

interest or other lawful reason why the person should remain in the United

 

Kingdom.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Sir Nicholas Winterton

 

Not called  15

 

Page  16,  line  7  [Clause  31],  leave out ‘of at least 12 months’.

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  8

 

Page  16,  line  12  [Clause  31],  after ‘criminal)’, insert ‘or is an immigration offence

 

under the Immigration Acts’.

 

Keith Vaz

 

Not called  2

 

Page  16,  line  37  [Clause  32],  leave out ‘conviction’ and insert ‘the offence’.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  14

 

Page  17,  line  32  [Clause  33],  leave out from ‘requires’ to end of line 33 and insert

 

‘the Secretary of State to—

 

(a)    

make a deportation order no less than one month before the end of the

 

individual’s sentence, and

 

(b)    

ensure the deportation of an individual against whom a deportation order

 

has been made occurs not more than six months after the making of the

 

order.’.

 



 
 

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Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  9

 

Page  19,  line  21  [Clause  37],  leave out subsection (1).

 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  10

 

Page  19,  line  23  [Clause  37],  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b).

 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  17

 

Page  19,  line  24  [Clause  37],  leave out ‘(whether or not’ and insert ‘(unless’.

 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  18

 

Page  19,  line  24  [Clause  37],  at end insert ‘or any part of it (of whatever length)’.

 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  19

 

Page  19,  line  40  [Clause  37],  leave out ‘(whether or not’ and insert ‘(unless’.

 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  20

 

Page  19,  line  40  [Clause  37],  at end insert ‘or any part of it’.

 


 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  21

 

Page  20,  line  18  [Clause  38],  leave out ‘“(whether or not’ and insert ‘“unless’.

 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  22

 

Page  20,  line  19  [Clause  38],  after ‘sentence’, insert ‘or any part of it’.

 


 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  23

 

Page  23,  line  40  [Clause  43],  leave out second ‘or’.

 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  24

 

Page  23,  line  41  [Clause  43],  at end insert ‘, or

 

(iii)    

premises on which the individual was, immediately before being

 

arrested.’.

 



 
 

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Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  25

 

Page  24,  line  19  [Clause  43],  leave out subsection (6).

 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  26

 

Page  24,  line  28  [Clause  44],  after ‘43’, insert ‘or [Search for evidence of

 

nationality: other premises]’.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not selected  11

 

Page  25,  line  35  [Clause  45],  leave out from ‘Inspector’ to end of line 38 and insert

 

‘may investigate individual cases of his own choosing.’.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not selected  12

 

Page  26,  line  17  [Clause  47],  at end insert—

 

‘(ab)    

at other times, on each investigation carried out under the provisions of

 

section 45(4), and within 28 days of the conclusion of such an

 

investigation, and’.

 


 

Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  13

 

Page  28,  line  37  [Clause  56],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Section 30 shall come into force one month after this Act is passed.’.

 


 

Secretary John Reid

 

Agreed to  27

 

Page  29,  line  19  [Clause  56],  at end insert ‘or whose sentences are suspended at the

 

time of commencement;’.

 



 
 

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New Schedule

 

Dr Tony Wright

 

Mr Frank Field

 

Paul Rowen

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  NS1

 

To move the following Schedule:—

 

‘Constitution of the Commission, proceedings, money etc.

 

Part 1

 

Constitution

 

Membership

 

1    (1)  

The Secretary of State shall appoint not less than 10 or more than 15

 

individuals as members of the Commission (to be known as Commissioners).

 

      (2)  

The chief executive of the Commission (appointed under paragraph 7) shall be

 

a Commissioner ex officio.

 

2    (1)  

In appointing Commissioners the Secretary of State shall—

 

(a)    

appoint an individual only if he thinks that the individual—

 

(i)    

has experience or knowledge relating to a relevant matter, or

 

(ii)    

is suitable for appointment for some other special reason, and

 

(b)    

have regard to the desirability of the Commissioners together having

 

experience and knowledge relating to the relevant matters.

 

      (2)  

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) the relevant matters are those matters in

 

respect of which the Commission has responsibilities under section

 

(Immigration and Population Commission).

 

Tenure

 

3    (1)  

A Commissioner shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of

 

his appointment (subject to this Schedule).

 

      (2)  

The appointment of a Commissioner must be expressed to be for a specified

 

period of not less than two years or more than five years.

 

      (3)  

A Commissioner whose period of membership has expired may be re-

 

appointed.

 

      (4)  

A Commissioner may resign by notice in writing to the Secretary of State.

 

      (5)  

The Secretary of State may dismiss a Commissioner who is, in the opinion of

 

the Secretary of State, unable, unfit or unwilling to perform his functions.

 

      (6)  

This paragraph does not apply to the chief executive.

 

Chairman

 

4    (1)  

The Secretary of State shall appoint—

 

(a)    

a Commissioner as Chairman, and

 

(b)    

a Commissioner as deputy Chairman

 

      (2)  

The Chairman shall—

 

(a)    

preside over meetings of the Commission,

 

(b)    

perform such functions as may be specified in the terms of his

 

appointment, and


 
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