Asylum Seekers: Deportation from France Debate

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Department: Home Office

Asylum Seekers: Deportation from France

Lord German Excerpts
Monday 4th December 2023

(11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
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My Lords, I cannot anticipate what may or may not be in the Bill. Obviously, the Bill will be presented to Parliament in the usual way.

Lord German Portrait Lord German (LD)
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My Lords, what consideration has the Minister given to the views of the same Interior Minister from France that consideration will be given to giving legal status to undocumented people working in sectors with labour shortages? If the Minister were to give consideration effectively to that matter, surely that would help our relationships with the French Government and everything in the immigration system beyond.

Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
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I refer the noble Lord to my earlier Answer. I am not going to speculate on or discuss what the French legal system and the French Interior Minister decide about their own domestic policy.