Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fourth sitting) Debate

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Department: Home Office
Sarah Bool Portrait Sarah Bool (South Northamptonshire) (Con)
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It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart.

These provisions relate to the supplying or handling of articles, the majority of which will, I assume, be held outside the UK. Clause 17, which we will come to, tries to ensure that the offences have effect outside the UK, but how does the Minister see that working in practice? The majority of people will be out of the realms of this law, so how will we enforce it?

On clause 14, on the handling of articles, the Law Society has great concerns that asylum seekers may be victims if they are forced to handle goods. How does the Minister propose to address that point?