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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I do not know where to start with that response, although it is very similar to those we have had in previous debates. The bogey card is always that foreign national offenders are…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The Home Office repeatedly asserts that it is not indefinite detention, but can the Minister tell me what is the definite time limit on a person’s detention?02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman and the other hon. Members involved for their work on that report, which was incredibly thorough. We then had a Backbench Business debate and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)This group of amendments and new clauses is not new. It was proposed in similar words in the most recent immigration Bill by, I think, the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 179, in clause 70, page 59, line 9, at end insert— ‘(5) Sections [Time limit on immigration detention], [Initial detention: criteria and duration] and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will not say too much, because I need to give new clause 19 further consideration and to speak with stakeholders about it. Circumstances in which service is difficult because a…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I have not succeeded in what I wanted to do, which was to move beyond assertion that there is compliance with the refugee convention and to hear a little more about why the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)God loves a tryer, and I do try. The amendments are another attempt to encourage the Government to set out their legal thinking on the compatibility of the clauses cited in…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his response and for his assurances that engagement has been taking place and is ongoing. I accept that the amendment is not practicable, because…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 186, in clause 69, page 58, line 28, at end insert— ‘(4) Part 4 (modern slavery) only extends to Scotland to the extent that a motion has been approved by…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I echo what the shadow Minister said. This is all really political theatre—a move to get immigration lawyers. As a former immigration lawyer, I cannot let these clauses pass…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)What is taken from that review is perhaps the need for consolidation of immigration legislation, nationality legislation and so on, which I would absolutely support. The challenge…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 107, in clause 70, page 58, line 30, leave out “and (4)” and insert “to (5)”. This amendment is consequential on Amendment 109.02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The Minister is outlining what he sees as safeguards. I am unconvinced. New clause 32(9) seems to say that nothing prevents the use of a scientific method, even if it is not…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)We want age assessments to be as accurate as they can be at the moment, not just through the work of social work groups but with input from outside. Does the hon. Gentleman have…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)No, I am not saying that. What I am advocating is the position at present—that the decision maker looks at all the evidence that is available in the round. If somebody is 50, I…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I do not have access to that webpage, but the right hon. Gentleman has access to the extensive evidence submitted to the Committee by the BDA. It is a two-sided issue. First, it…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I would like to speak to clause stand part, and I support everything that the hon. Member for Sheffield Central has already said. We all recognise how important it is to get age…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Thirteenth sitting)But the point is that “personal situation” is the wording in the convention and it is also the wording in the Home Office’s own guidance, and I do not understand it to have…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Will the Minister say a little bit more about the NAAB? Who will be appointed to it, how will it generally undertake assessments and how will its independence from the Home Office…02 Nov 2021