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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Tenth sitting)New clause 11, tabled by the hon. Member for Woking, is about giving asylum seekers permission to work in the UK. The hon. Gentleman said that that would cut welfare bills, but he…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Tenth sitting)I hope you, too, enjoyed a long and languid lunch, Dame Siobhain, after the way in which we overshot this morning’s sitting. This group of new clauses introduces requirements, in…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Tenth sitting)The new clause—the hon. Member for Woking spoke about it, although I am not sure whether he tabled it—would introduce a new service standard to ensure that the majority of initial…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 21, in clause 55, page 56, line 28, after “12,” insert “24, ”. This amendment removes clause 24 (which amends the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001)…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)He is a eugenicist.13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)We have had a small but perfectly formed debate on the new clause. I seek to reassure the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire and explain to those who have made contributions…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting)I assure the hon. Gentleman that we certainly have considered those issues. The tweak with the Isle of Man relates to a technicality that was discovered after the Bill was…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Tenth sitting)I think everybody in this Committee—I am being very generous—thinks that it is important to protect the victims of modern slavery, and we have legislation in our country to try to…13 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)This is essentially future proofing. If another category or range of people became available, we may future proof this power and use the regulation-making power to ensure that…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure once more to be in this delightful room doing line-by-line scrutiny of the Bill. The clause repeals in full the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)Elegant.11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he is being very generous. Of course, that is what Committee debates are meant to be about; it is easier to have a bit more to and fro…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)Does my hon. Friend realise that the detention estate was used by the Conservative party to empty some prison places and try to relieve pressure there? I think it highly unlikely…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)Clauses 43 and 44 cover the creation of two new offences concerning articles for use in serious crime. Law enforcement agencies are increasingly encountering individuals in…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a two-limb test. Obviously, the evidential test for criminal proceedings is beyond reasonable doubt. There is a lower evidential test in other court instances, and it may…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)Currently, the High Court has the authority to impose a serious crime prevention order without a conviction, provided that the Court is satisfied that the person has been involved…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 49 amends the Serious Crime Act 2007 to introduce a standardised list of notification requirements for individuals and bodies corporate that are subject to serious crime…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)The High Court will be empowered to impose an interim serious crime prevention order if it considers it just to do so. In other words, it is not an evidential test, because the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)The idea behind the creation of interim serious crime prevention orders is to ensure that they can be brought into use ahead of a longer lasting serious crime prevention order.…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)Three days seems a reasonable amount of time to allow the individual or body corporate concerned to gather the information, but also to ensure that the authorities get it in a…11 Mar 2025