My Lords, I shall be very brief. I would like in particular to support Amendment No. 2, spoken to by the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick. The universities continue to be extremely anxious about what the effect of all this will be on students coming to them. They appreciate, as we all do, that publication of the details of the points system is enormously helpful. We may say a little more about that when we come to Amendment No. 3. If Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are not accepted, I hope that Amendment No. 3 will be, because it seems to me a very practical way of approaching the problem.
We need to know from the Minister the circumstances in which administrative review will be available. Will it be available to anyone who is refused? I see that the Minister nods. It would be a great comfort if she could confirm that. Will the review be possible if there are factual or legal errors or subjective decisions that are questionable? Some good examples have been given of decisions on whether a student can pay for a course. That will be a subjective decision and it may be that it should be reviewed. The record so far on the way in which these decisions have been made is clearly very weak. There is a lot of improving to do. I look forward very much to hearing the Minister answer those questions.
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Carnegy of Lour
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 14 March 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill.
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