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Report Stage Proceedings: 14 July 2009                  

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Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  7

 

Page  32,  line  18  [Clause  40],  after first ‘the’, insert ‘average’.

 


 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  2

 

Page  35,  line  21  [Clause  41],  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

In the case of an applicant with refugee status or humanitarian protection—

 

(a)    

the number of years in the period is 5; and

 

(b)    

the activity condition is waived.’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  22

 

Page  35,  line  21  [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

 

Not called  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 Neil Gerrard

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  8

 

Page  43,  line  42  [Clause  49],  at and insert—

 

‘(10)    

The following periods of absence from the labour market shall be disregarded for

 

the purposes of establishing whether an applicant is or has been in “continuous

 

employment”—

 

(a)    

periods of involuntary unemployment duly recorded by an employment

 

agency or office lasting no more than six months,

 

(b)    

all authorised employment absences (whether expressly or by custom)

 

including maternity and paternity leave, illness, temporary cessations of

 

work and sabbaticals, and


 
 

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(c)    

other periods of unemployment in circumstances where they have not

 

resulted in the cancellation or refusal of immigration leave.’.

 


 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Agreed to  14

 

Page  44,  line  4,  leave out Clause 50.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  41

 

Page  45,  line  18,  leave out Clause 54.

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  31

 

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

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  32

 

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

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  33

 

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

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  34

 

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

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  35

 

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


 
 

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Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  36

 

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

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  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.’.

 


 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Negatived  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 Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  24

 

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


 
 

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‘(5A)    

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

 

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

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

Paul Rowen

 

Not called  39

 

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

 

‘(5A)    

The Director of Border Revenue and the Secretary of State have a duty, in the

 

need to safeguard the welfare of children, to ensure that dawn raids are not used

 

to—

 

(a)    

remove and/or deport families with children, who are failed asylum

 

seekers or illegal immigrants; or

 

(b)    

remove and/or deport children of failed asylum seekers or illegal

 

immigrants.’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  42

 

Page  47,  line  22  [Clause  58],  leave out ‘54’ and insert ‘[Transfer of certain

 

immigration judicial review applications]’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Agreed to  46

 

Page  47,  line  31  [Clause  59],  leave out ‘50 (Common Travel Area),’.


 
 

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Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  43

 

Page  47,  line  37  [Clause  59],  leave out ‘54 (transfer of immigration or nationality

 

judicial review applications)’ and insert ‘[Transfer of certain immigration judicial review

 

applications] (transfer of certain immigration judicial review applications)’.

 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  25

 

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

 

years after the date of Royal Assent,’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  17

 

Page  48,  line  11  [Clause  59],  at end insert—

 

‘(8A)    

An order commencing sections 39 to 41 (acquisition of British citizenship by

 

naturalisation) must include provision that the amendments made by those

 

sections do not have effect in relation to an application for naturalisation as a

 

British citizen if—

 

(a)    

the date of the application is before the date on which those sections come

 

into force in accordance with the order (“the date of commencement”), or

 

(b)    

the date of the application is before the end of the period of 24 months

 

beginning with the date of commencement and the application is made

 

by a person who falls within subsection (8B) or (8C).

 

(8B)    

A person falls within this subsection if on the date of commencement the person

 

has indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

 

(8C)    

A person falls within this subsection if the person is given indefinite leave to

 

remain in the United Kingdom on an application—

 

(a)    

the date of which is before the date of commencement, and

 

(b)    

which is decided after the date of commencement.

 

(8D)    

The reference in subsection (8A) to an order commencing sections 39 to 41 does

 

not include an order commencing those sections for the purpose only of enabling

 

regulations to be made under the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61).’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  44

 

Page  48,  line  24  [Clause  59],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

No order may be made commencing section [Transfer of certain immigration

 

judicial review applications] (transfer of certain immigration judicial review

 

applications) unless the functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in

 

relation to appeals under Part 5 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act

 

2002 (c. 41) have been transferred under section 30(1) of the Tribunals, Courts

 

and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15).’.

 



 
 

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Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  16

 

Page  49  [Schedule],  leave out lines 6 and 7.

 


 

Mr Damian Green

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Agreed to  47

 

Page  50  [Schedule],  leave out lines 4 to 6.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  45

 

Page  50  [Schedule],  leave out lines 11 to 15.

 

Bill read the third time and passed with Amendments.

 


 
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