Crime and Courts Bill [HL] Debate

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Department: Home Office

Crime and Courts Bill [HL]

Lord Woolf Excerpts
Wednesday 12th December 2012

(11 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait Lord Taylor of Holbeach
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I think that would be counterproductive. If the noble Lord thinks through the circumstances of that question, he will understand that.

Lord Woolf Portrait Lord Woolf
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Am I right in thinking that this form of appeal from outside the country has been part of the immigration process for a substantial period? In addition, is it not the case that it can be a written process and that forms can be used for the purposes of the appeal?

Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait Lord Taylor of Holbeach
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The noble and learned Lord is perfectly correct in that regard.