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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Clause 7 includes requirements for various persons, such as owners and agents of a ship, aircraft, train or vehicle, the captain of a ship or aircraft, the train manager…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe powers in Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act will continue to apply to those being removed who are not subject to the new duty in the Bill but are otherwise liable to removal…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am afraid I do not agree with the noble Baroness that there is a substantive difference in the fact that the people being removed under the Bill have had their asylum claims…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Clause 8 ensures that there is support available to individuals who would otherwise be destitute where their asylum claims have been declared inadmissible, pending their…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful for that clarification.07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, as we have heard, these amendments bring us on to the issue of detention. The amendments in this group look at the standards of detention accommodation and seek to…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI can imagine the noble Lord’s response if we did not expand detention centres. The point is that, as a matter of government planning, we need to have sufficient capacity to…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs I have already indicated, the standards that will be adhered to are those prescribed already in legislation. While the points set out in the UNHCR’s document map on in some…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillYes, certainly. In response to those two points, as the noble Baroness will have seen, we will discuss this again when we reach Clause 15. But Clause 15(1) provides that the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord. I am sorry that I did not answer that question. The relevant provision is in Clause 13 of the Bill. We will come to discuss it in the 11th…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillBecause the powers in the Bill are obviously not yet in force, I cannot answer as to whether there would be a gap. But clearly it is anticipated—it is hoped—that there will not be…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am very happy that the noble Baroness has asked me that question. I am delighted to say that, as of yesterday, there are zero children in Home Office UASC hotels. They are all…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe noble Baroness raises an important point. It is obviously right that our guidance reflects the special needs of disabled people in accordance with our duties under the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs I hope I made clear, once the Bill is passed, the direction will need to be updated, rather than “uprated”. It will reflect the new provisions and any new detention facilities…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Clause 10 is an integral part of ensuring the success of this Bill, both as a deterrent and as a means of ensuring that the Home Secretary can comply with the duty to…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will certainly take that request back to the department. Along with a new timescale under which genuine children may be detained for the purposes of removal without judicial…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe noble Baroness consciously disregards the other aspects of the test carefully set out in the draft legislation. Clearly, the decision on reasonableness will be subject to…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, Clause 11 clarifies the period of time that the Secretary of State may detain individuals for by placing two of the common law, so-called Hardial Singh, principles on a…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill—and which is best placed to decide whether continued detention is reasonable in all the circumstances. It will of course continue to be the case that a person’s detention will be…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillForgive me, I will take the point in just a second. The point was made good in the fact that Hardial Singh, the great decision of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, from the…07 Jun 2023