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HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI can only repeat that the Supreme Court decision in HJ (Iran) and the other documents provided by the UNHCR are not relevant in this context because they do not deal with the…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank the noble and learned Lord for repeating those questions. He is entirely right that I should have answered them; I apologise for not doing so. The short answer is that…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe noble Baroness makes an entirely fair point. In those cases, of course, it would be an imminent feature. As she points out, in those circumstances that is something the courts…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Clause 37 provides for two types of suspensive claims, which have the effect of suspending a person’s removal—a factual suspensive claim and a serious harm suspensive…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful for that suggestion from the noble and learned Lord. If I may, I will take a moment to reflect on that and will revert to him in relation to it. Amendments 114 and…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, clearly this needs to be looked into and I hear what the noble Baroness says. After the conclusion of the Committee we can have that meeting, explore the issue and I can…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank the noble Baroness for raising that. In fact, I was just turning to that very issue. The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, asked a couple of specific questions about the…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe noble Baroness is perhaps a little confused by the way that these provisions interrelate. The detention power is contained within Clauses 10 and 11, and the detention period…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillClearly, it is the Home Office which will have possession of the relevant facts and a court will be able to review, as we have already discussed, in the event of there being a…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am not sure that the noble Baroness’s suggestion is a very insightful parallel, but no doubt she can ask my noble friend Lady Penn that in the morning.07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillLater in the morning—I am grateful for the correction. In considering the lawfulness of detention and a writ of habeas corpus, the High Court would undoubtedly apply the Hardial…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI see that it is a complicated piece of drafting. Out of the respect for the hour, I will put the explanation into writing, send it to the noble Lord and circulate it…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am very grateful to the noble Baroness for asking me that question, because it allows me to point out that, under the present law—under Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act and the case…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWe will discuss Clause 12 in detail in the next group. Clause 12 relates to the powers to grant immigration bail. In Clause 12(4) the text of new paragraph 3A is inserted into…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI appreciate that the noble Baroness has campaigned for a time limit, but that is not the way it is done at present. This provision simply codifies the existing rule. While she…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI disagree with the noble Baroness that the Home Secretary’s decision would in any way lack objectivity. The point I made—I think, powerfully—is that the Home Secretary is in…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, this has been a thoughtful and interesting short debate. I was particularly grateful for the speeches from the noble Lord, Lord Bach, the noble Baroness, Lady Neuberger,…07 Jun 2023