Debates between Lord Davies of Gower and Lord Etherton during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Wed 28th Jun 2023

Illegal Migration Bill

Debate between Lord Davies of Gower and Lord Etherton
Lord Davies of Gower Portrait Lord Davies of Gower (Con)
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Could I just ask the noble and learned Lord to ask his question, please?

Lord Etherton Portrait Lord Etherton (CB)
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My first question is: does the Minister not agree that that is quite different from the case that the noble Lord, Lord Cashman, raised, where a person is not from a country listed in Section 80AA(1) but from another country? There is a separate provision for that in relation to removal to a Schedule 1 country. Does the Minster not agree that, although Clause 5(5) deals with the Section 80AA point, there is no equivalent to that exception in relation to a situation where somebody comes from a non-EU country that is a non-safe place and the consideration is now to move that person to a Schedule 1 country? What my amendment is dealing with is not the Section 80AA situation but the situation categorised by the noble Lord, Lord Cashman, where a person from a non-safe European state comes here and is threatened to be removed to a Schedule 1 country. All I said—and I am asking the Minister to acknowledge this—is that there should be a similar provision for that situation, for the exclusion of those countries that are facing proceedings under Article 7. That is it.