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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)Very briefly.26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)I can confirm that it will refer to children. To conclude my remarks, I respectfully invite the hon. Member for Sheffield Central to withdraw the amendment. On clause 20, the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for tabling amendment 155, which seeks to define good reasons for the purposes of proposed new section 82A(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 67, in clause 21, page 24, line 27, after “are” insert “brought and”. This amendment and Amendment 68 clarify that the Tribunal Procedure Rules…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)The Government propose three amendments to clause 21. Two amendments relate to the timeframe for bringing an expedited appeal. Accordingly, they clarify that the tribunal…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)I have made that point previously and I have reiterated it now for the record. I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, but I have made the point pretty clear.26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)Yes. That provision is made precisely for those in receipt of a PRN. I was making a point about the extension. It is worth making the point that, if people find that they require…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)Clause 22 provides for legally aided advice to be available to all individuals who have received a priority removal notice. The priority removal notice is designed to give advance…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)I will try to respond to the various points that have been raised as best as I am able. I will, of course, happily feed through the views that have been expressed to Ministry of…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Member is seeking to extend the provision we are proposing in the Bill. We are very clear that the clause makes the legal advice available to those who have been served…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)I will come back to that point and try to give the hon. Gentleman some further clarity, which I hope will be helpful. I will make the point again that, in the current…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Tenth sitting)No, that is not for a moment what I am suggesting. The point that I am making is that, as I have alluded to on many occasions in relation to the clauses that we have considered,…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)It is of course the case that situations in countries change. That is why the approach we take is flexible and means that we keep under constant review the circumstances in…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)I can only the refer the hon. Gentleman to the point that I have now made several times about Afghanistan.26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank hon. Members for tabling their amendments. I have listened carefully to the arguments that they have put forward. Amendments 18 to 26 and amendment 56 seek to amend the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)It is fair to say that the Committee had an extensive debate about this issue last week in relation to earlier clauses. I would refer the hon. Member to the comments read out in…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)As we have repeatedly made very clear during the passage of the clauses we have already debated, our obligations are being properly upheld through the provisions of this Bill. We…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)I refer the hon. Member to our earlier exchanges during the passage of the clauses we debated previously. In relation to Afghanistan, as that situation has evolved, the approach…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)I will repeat this point again: we are not returning individuals to Afghanistan at the present time. I believe that is the right decision and I believe it fully takes into account…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Gentleman says from a sedentary position that it is not a convincing argument. The bottom line is that we are not removing people to Afghanistan based on the current…26 Oct 2021