Moved by
Lord Rosser
216: After Clause 32, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of immigration detention
(1) Before the end of the period of three months beginning on the day on which subsection (1) of section 32 comes into force, the Secretary of State must commission a report on detention under the following powers—
(a) paragraph 16(1), (1A) or (2) of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971,
(b) paragraph 2(1), (2) or (3) of Schedule 3 to the 1971 Act,
(c) section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, or
(d) section 36(1) of the UK Borders Act 2007.
(2) The report under subsection (1) must consider—
(a) the process for, and detail of, introducing a statutory maximum limit on the length of time an individual can be detained under the relevant provision;
(b) how to reduce the number of people detained under the relevant provision;
(c) how to minimise the length of time an individual is detained under the relevant provision;
(d) the effectiveness of detention in meeting the Secretary of State’s objectives; and
(e) the effectiveness of procedures to review decisions to detain and to continue to detain.
(3) The report under subsection (1) must be prepared and published by a panel appointed by the Secretary of State.
(4) The panel appointed under subsection (3) must be independently chaired.
(5) On completion of the report, the Chair of the panel must send it to the Secretary of State.
(6) The Secretary of State must lay the report before both Houses of Parliament within three months of receiving the review.”