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Immigration Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Wednesday, 20 January 2016, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bates.
Lords committee stage second day. Clauses 13, 15 and 16 agreed to. Clause 14 agreed to as amended. Part 2 of 2.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
768 cc870-896 
Session
2015-16
Department
Home Office
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Immigration Bill 2015-16. Brought from the Commons.
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Bills
House of Lords
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee seventeenth report.
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Immigration Bill. Constitution Committee (HL) seventh report.
Monday, 21 December 2015
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee eighteenth report.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords

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Wednesday, 20 January 2016
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Thursday, 28 January 2016
Deposited papers
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Hamwee | 768 c870 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

148: Clause 13, page 8, line 32, at end insert—

“( ) I...

Baroness Hamwee | 768 cc871-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments takes us to the provisions in the Bill on the right to rent. T...


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Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 768 c873 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendment in this group in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Rosser would re...

Earl Cathcart | 768 c873 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the amendment about delaying the rollout of the pilot scheme. This seems to f...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 768 cc874-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 151 in particular. The pilot scheme has done nothi...

Baroness Sheehan | 768 c875 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I lend my support to the remarks made from all sides of the Chamber in support of Amend...

Lord Deben | 768 cc875-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I find myself in a very difficult position. I have to say to my noble friend that there...

Lord Best | 768 cc876-880 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I disagree with an awful lot of what the noble Lord, Lord Deben, said, and in particula...

Lord Bates | 768 cc878-881 (Link to this contribution)

After the remarks made by the noble Lord, Lord Best, I am tempted to say that I invite the noble ...

Baroness Sheehan | 768 c881 (Link to this contribution)

Would the Minister talk about whether he thinks a sample size of 23 people who are visibly from a...

Lord Bates | 768 c882 (Link to this contribution)

I will of course come to that. I realise that there are some very detailed questions and I am cer...

Lord Deben | 768 c882 (Link to this contribution)

I did not criticise this as not being an independent group. My point was that the work should go ...

Earl Cathcart | 768 c882 (Link to this contribution)

I have a reservation. The Minister said that this is being done at the social housing level. Howe...

Lord Bates | 768 cc883-4 (Link to this contribution)

I am very happy to take that further. First, it is worth pointing out that landlords already unde...

Lord Deben | 768 c884 (Link to this contribution)

Can I come back to single rooms that are let in a house? I have said to the Minister that I am pe...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 768 c884 (Link to this contribution)

To save the noble Lord from jumping up and down, our concern is that this could affect some peopl...

Lord Bates | 768 cc884-5 (Link to this contribution)

I hear that. I am making the point that private sector landlords, in doing their due diligence on...

Baroness Sheehan | 768 cc885-6 (Link to this contribution)

I want to put more about the evaluation on record. We have heard a lot from the noble Lord, Lord ...

Lord Bates | 768 c886 (Link to this contribution)

That is an important point. Students are of course exempt because their right to be in the UK wil...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 768 c886 (Link to this contribution)

Can the Minister say a bit more about who is doing the evaluations? The points that the noble Bar...

Lord Bates | 768 c886 (Link to this contribution)

In that respect I might suggest that the partial solution which we came across for our last debat...

Baroness Hamwee | 768 cc886-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will want to go back and read what the Minister had to say about protected characteri...

Lord Howard of Rising | 768 c887 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Howard of Rising

148A: Clause 13, page 9, line 28, at end insert—

Lord Howard of Rising | 768 cc887-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 150 and 150A. I declare an interest as the owner of pro...

Earl Cathcart | 768 cc889-890 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I speak to my Amendment 150, supported by my noble friend Lord Howard, I would l...

Lord Green of Deddington | 768 c890 (Link to this contribution)

Is the noble Earl aware that most illegal immigrants in Britain came legally and therefore that t...

Earl Cathcart | 768 cc890-1 (Link to this contribution)

No, I am not aware of that.

I understand that previously the Government have said that they...

Baroness Hamwee | 768 c891 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am conscious of the time, but we need to spend just a few more minutes on this. I sha...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 768 cc891-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments contains some very sensible protections for landlords, who cou...

Lord Bates | 768 cc892-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 153 in my name and respond to the amendments spoken to by no...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 768 c893 (Link to this contribution)

Nobody here wants to protect the rogue landlords—all these amendments are about protecting the go...

Lord Bates | 768 c893 (Link to this contribution)

I accept that, and the noble Lord is making a genuine point. Certainly that is the intent, as we ...

Earl Cathcart | 768 c893 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to interrupt again. I understand the issue about rogue landlords, and of course one wa...

Lord Bates | 768 c893 (Link to this contribution)

The Home Office will investigate this and present cases to the Crown Prosecution Service for a de...

Lord Howard of Rising | 768 cc893-4 (Link to this contribution)

I very much welcome the chance to meet my noble friend to discuss this. I point out, with regard ...

Lord Bates | 768 cc894-5 (Link to this contribution)

We need to avoid creating an unintentional loophole that effectively says, “We’ll ask no question...

Lord Howard of Rising | 768 c895 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for his comments and for agreeing to a meeting; that is very gracious of h...

Lord Bates | 768 c895 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Bates

153: Clause 14, page 12, line 7, after “writing” insert “and in t...

Baroness Hamwee | 768 c895 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

158: Clause 16, page 17, line 7, leave out paragraph (b)

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Baroness Hamwee | 768 c896 (Link to this contribution)

I will move Amendment 158 very briefly. This amendment came about as a result of the report of th...

Lord Bates | 768 c896 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Clause 16 gives the Secretary of State the power to make such regulations as are approp...

Baroness Hamwee | 768 c896 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

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