My Lords, the fees apply whether it is to a grandfather, some cousin who cannot support himself, a grandson who cannot support himself or to a grand-daughter. We charge it across the board, so I do not believe that they are discriminatory. If the noble Lord is asking whether there are more females than males, the answer is that there probably are, but we are not discriminating on that issue. It is probably fair to say that there are more women than men in that group. I do not know whether we know exactly what the split is; if we do, I shall get back to the noble Lord.
On fee waiver, if we allow a system to operate where a migrant can raise a claim without a fee, it would encourage migrants to remain unlawfully in the UK and submit speculative claims, which has an impact on the end-to-end costs of the system. I fear that that I have perhaps not answered every question that the noble Lord asked, but if there is anything significant that he feels that I have missed, I should be very happy to write to him.
Overall, our aim is to ensure that our proposals make an appropriate contribution to securing our borders—in terms of the gates, for example—and to funding the immigration system. As such, I commend both statutory instruments to the House.
Motion agreed.
Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2010
Proceeding contribution from
Lord West of Spithead
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 4 March 2010.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2010.
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