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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)First things first: the hon. Gentleman was not going to send to Rwanda only those whom we could not return to their own country; in theory, he was going to deport to Rwanda…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)The purpose of clause 46 is to remove any ambiguity about the court’s power to impose electronic monitoring as a condition of a serious crime prevention order or interim serious…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)Elegant.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)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 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)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 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)Clause 47 introduces interim serious crime prevention orders as part of the wider regime of serious crime prevention orders established under the Serious Crime Act 2007. Interim…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)Currently, the High Court can make a serious crime prevention order only upon application from the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office and the police in…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)We are talking about electronic monitoring in the context of serious crime prevention orders; we are not talking about monitoring simply in connection to being an asylum seeker or…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)The hon. Gentleman will have noted on the front of the Bill that we are debating the statement from the Home Secretary on the European convention on human rights: “In my view the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)This has been a small but perfectly formed debate on clause 38, which repeals all but six sections of the Illegal Migration Act. As Government Members have pointed out, despite…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)Work is going on in the Department to assess the accuracy of the various methods of age assessment, which ministerial predecessors from the hon. Gentleman’s party commenced, but…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)The Home Secretary has said that she does not rule out third country processing; that is not the same as the Rwanda scheme, which was deportation to a third country permanently. I…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)The purpose of clause 41 is to clarify the existing powers of detention pending deportation set out in schedule 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971. The clause ensures that the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)There will not be a blanket ban. Individuals who have been subject to public order disqualification will have been disqualified for things such as multiple drug offences,…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a great pleasure to see you, the fourth Chair of our Committee, Dame Siobhain. I welcome you to the Chair. It is a pleasure to serve with you directing us. The clause is a…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eighth sitting)We have had our debates about the contents of those Acts. The clause concerns truly miscellaneous aspects, although I understand the logic of the hon. Lady’s argument. I certainly…11 Mar 2025