Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

My Lords, I pass on from that to my amendment. I am afraid that I have not been persuaded by the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, that his amendment is the way ahead. In my view, it is not, and I agree wholeheartedly with the cogent criticisms of it which the noble Lord, Lord West, advanced in his reply. Where I tend to disagree with the noble Lord, Lord West, is when he says that there is no need for further parliamentary control. In my view, there is, and my amendment provides just the degree of parliamentary control that I regard as appropriate. Therefore, my amendment steers a sort of mid-way course, if I may so put it, between the position of the noble Lord, Lord West, and that of the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland. For that reason, I wish to test the opinion of the House on my amendment. Division on Amendment 55D Contents 19; Not-Contents 84. Amendment 55D disagreed.