Formal Minutes
Tuesday 21 December 2010
Members present:
Rt Hon Keith Vaz, in the Chair
| Mr James Clappison
Dr Julian Huppert
| | Bridget Phillipson
Mr David Winnick
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Draft Report (The work of the UK Border Agency), proposed
by the Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 6 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 7 read:
Amendment proposed, at end of paragraph insert "In
cases where severe delays in decision-making have been the fault
of the government and not the applicant, and where the passage
of time has made evidence harder to find or has led to the applicant's
being better integrated into British society, there is an argument
in favour of granting the applicant leave to remain."—(Dr
Julian Huppert)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 3
Dr Julian Huppert
Bridget Phillipson
Mr David Winnick
| | Noes, 1
Mr James Clappison
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Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraphs 7 to 19 read and agreed to.
Papers were appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report
be the Fourth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair
make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed
copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 January at 10.30 am
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