Illegal Migration Bill

Debate between Lord Stewart of Dirleton and Lord Bishop of Durham

Committee stage
Wednesday 14th June 2023 Lords Chamber

[The Advocate-General for Scotland (Lord Stewart of Dirleton) (Con)]

My Lords, I will not detain the Committee by going through Clauses 61 to 67 in turn. They contain entirely standard provisions, relating, for example, to the making of regulations under the Bill, commencement, extent and the short title. Instead, I will focus on the various amendments in the group and on the contributions that noble Lords helpfully made from a variety of perspectives.

I will first deal briefly with government Amendment 139D. This relates to the standard power in Clause 66(5) which enables the Secretary of State, by regulations, to make transitional or saving provision in connection with the commencement of any provision of the Bill. Amendment 139D simply enables such regulations to make consequential, supplementary and incidental provision and different provision for different purposes. Again, this is an entirely standard provision to facilitate the smooth implementation of an Act.

[The Lord Bishop of Durham]

I am sorry to interrupt, but I twice heard the Minister say Amendment 139D, and I think he meant Amendment 139G.

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[Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con)]

First, I present my apologies to the right reverend Prelate for not specifically answering that question; I am grateful to the noble Lord for reminding me of it. I had noted that I do not have the information directly to hand in any event.

[The Lord Bishop of Durham]

I did actually close by saying, “If you don’t have it, would you please write?”

[Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con)]

Indeed, the right reverend Prelate did, and I confirm that I will happily correspond with him and copy in the noble Lord.