Thursday 22nd July 2021

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Nationality and Borders Bill
The following are extracts from the Second Reading debate of the Nationality and Borders Bill on 19 July 2021.
Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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From today, I will be granting indefinite leave to remain to refugees resettled under our world-leading resettlement schemes, giving them the vital freedom to succeed from the moment that they arrive in our country and, importantly, offering certainty and stability to help them rebuild their lives from day one.

[Official Report, 19 July 2021, Vol. 699, c. 712.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel):

An error has been identified in my speech.

The correct wording should have been.

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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From October, I will be granting indefinite leave to remain to refugees resettled under our world-leading resettlement schemes, giving them the vital freedom to succeed from the moment that they arrive in our country and, importantly, offering certainty and stability to help them rebuild their lives from day one.

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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The Bill raises the minimum sentence for any foreign criminal who returns to the UK in breach of a deportation order from six months to five years.

[Official Report, 19 July 2021, Vol. 699, c. 715.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel):

An error has been identified in my speech.

The correct wording should have been.

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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The Bill raises the maximum sentence for any foreign criminal who returns to the UK in breach of a deportation order from six months to five years.

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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Anyone who arrives in the UK via a safe third country may have their claim declined and be returned to a country they arrived from or a third safe country.

[Official Report, 19 July 2021, Vol. 699, c. 717.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel):

An error has been identified in my speech.

The correct wording should have been.

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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Anyone who arrives in the UK via a safe third country may have consideration of their claim declined and be returned to a country they arrived from or a third safe country.