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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 9 July 2009

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

1091-92, 1111-12 and 1145-46

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords], As Amended

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

18

 

Page  3,  line  37  [Clause  3],  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

a police officer’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

19

 

Page  15,  line  39  [Clause  21],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The Secretary of State shall lay an annual report before Parliament on the data-

 

sharing activities under this section.’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

20

 

Page  19,  line  29  [Clause  25],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The designation of short-term holding facilities must be renewed every six

 

months.’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

21

 

Page  22,  line  27  [Clause  28],  at end insert—

 

‘(10A)    

The Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency may delegate his responsibility to

 

inspect facilities to Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary.’.


 
 

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Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

22

 

Page  35,  line  22  [Clause  41],  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

Such prescribed activities may not include those activities that could be

 

considered in the interests of a single political party.’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

23

 

Page  36,  line  14  [Clause  41],  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

None of the conditions in section 41(1) shall apply to anyone who entered the

 

United Kingdom under the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme more than four

 

years before the date of commencement appointed by the Secretary of State for

 

Part 2.’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

24

 

Page  46,  line  39  [Clause  56],  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The Secretary of State shall collect and publish statistics regarding detention of

 

children during the relevant period, on a regular basis.’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

25

 

Page  47,  line  39  [Clause  59],  at end insert ‘, provided this is no sooner than two

 

years after the date of Royal Assent,’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

26

 

Page  46,  line  9  [Clause  55],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

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

 

2004 (c. 19) (trafficking people for exploitation), after section 4(5) add—

 

“(5A)    

The Secretary of State shall publish a code of conduct to guide Entry

 

Clearance Officers in their treatment of applications which they suspect

 

involve human trafficking.”’.

 

Mr Neil Gerrard

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

27

 

Page  45,  line  33  [Clause  54],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Section 13(6) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15) (right of

 

appeal to court of appeal etc.) does not apply in relation to immigration and

 

nationality appeals from the Upper Tribunal.’.


 
 

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Short-term holding facilities

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘In section 147 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (removal centres

 

and detained persons: interpretation), in the definition of “short-term holding

 

facility”—

 

(a)    

after “used” insert “—(a)”, and

5

(b)    

at the end insert “, or

 

(b)    

for the detention of—

 

(i)    

detained persons for a period of not more than

 

seven days or for such other period as may be

 

prescribed, and

10

(ii)    

persons other than detained persons for any

 

period.”’.

 

As Amendments to Secretary Alan Johnson’s proposed New Clause (Short-term

 

holding facilities) (NC2):—

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

(a)

 

Line  6,  after ‘detention’, insert ‘by an immigration officer, general customs

 

official or Customs revenue official’.

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

(b)

 

Line  10,  leave out ‘for any period’ and insert ‘for not longer than six hours’.

 

Amendment of the immigration rules relating to gurkhas

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Immigration Rules, as laid before Parliament under section 3(2) of the

 

Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), are amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In Rule 276F (requirements for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as a

 

Gurkha discharged from the British Army) omit paragraphs (ii) and (iii).

 

(3)    

In Rule 276I (requirements for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom

 

as a Gurkha discharged from the British Army) omit paragraphs (ii) and (iii).

 

(4)    

Gurkhas discharged from the British Army prior to 1997 shall have parity with

 

Commonwealth servicemen in terms of the requirements for indefinite leave to

 

enter and remain in the United Kingdom.’.


 
 

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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

28

 

Page  46,  line  39  [Clause  56],  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The Secretary of State has a duty to ensure that children held in detention

 

centres—

 

(a)    

have access to counselling;

 

(b)    

have access to English language classes; and

 

(c)    

receive education classes that are equivalent to what they would be

 

entitled to if placed in state school education.’.

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

29

 

Page  46,  line  39  [Clause  56],  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The Secretary of State shall collect and publish monthly statistics regarding the

 

detention of children, including figures relating to, the number of children

 

detained, the average length of period in detention, and the number of children

 

with the same family in detention, their ages, nationalities and where they are

 

detained.’.

 

Financial support for asylum seekers

 

Mr Neil Gerrard

 

NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 4(11)(b) omit “not”.’.

 

Mr Neil Gerrard

 

30

 

Page  34,  line  50  [Clause  40],  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Failure to satisfy the requirements set out in Schedule 1 to the British Nationality

 

Act 1981 (c. 61) shall not exclude the possibility of the grant of a further period

 

of probationary citizenship, or other immigration leave.’.

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

31

 

Page  45,  line  21  [Clause  54],  leave out paragraph (a).


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 9 July 2009                     

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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

32

 

Page  45,  line  23  [Clause  54],  leave out paragraph (c).

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

33

 

Page  45,  line  26  [Clause  54],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

34

 

Page  45,  line  28  [Clause  54],  leave out paragraph (c).

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

35

 

Page  45,  line  31  [Clause  54],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

36

 

Page  45,  line  33  [Clause  54],  leave out paragraph (c).

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

37

 

Page  45,  line  33  [Clause  54],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Nothing in section 31A of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) (England and

 

Wales transfer from the High Court to the Upper Tribunal), section 25 of the

 

Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23) (Northern Ireland: transfer from

 

the High Court to the Upper Tribunal) or section 20 of the Tribunals, Courts and

 

Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15) (transfer from the Court of Session to the Upper

 

Tribunal) shall permit the transfer of any application where the application calls

 

into question a decision under—

 

(a)    

the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61),

 

(b)    

any instrument having effect under an enactment within paragraph (a), or

 

(c)    

any other provision of law for the time being in force which determines

 

British citizenship, British overseas territories citizenship, the status of a

 

British National (Overseas) or British Overseas citizenship.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 9 July 2009                     

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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

38

 

Page  45,  line  33  [Clause  54],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The Secretary of State must by affirmative order make provision for the transfer

 

of fresh claim applications made under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules to the

 

Upper Tribunal.

 

(3B)    

An order under the above subsection may not be made until after the Asylum and

 

Immigration jurisdiction has been transferred to the First Tier Tribunal and Upper

 

Tribunal.’.

 


 
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