Mentions:
1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Inquiry, published on 19 September 2023, in particular its recommendation for a 28-day time limit on immigration - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) There are no plans to introduce a time limit on immigration detention. - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LD - Life peer) My Lords, the inquiry exposed the dehumanising abuse of vulnerable people held in immigration detention - Speech Link
4: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, alluded to the fact that, in the case of those on bail - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) That number was 1,841, including those detained solely under immigration powers in prisons. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) an initial cohort of suitable cases, around 2,000 people, were identified for removal and placed on immigration - Speech Link
2: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) The general point is that immigration, both legal and illegal, needs to be controlled. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) Legal immigration has risen in recent years in part because we have extended the hand of friendship to - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) The Government’s immigration and asylum policies have failed. - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) bail with strict reporting conditions.For those outside that group, there is still a wide range of tools - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) It is not right to resort to immigration as the first port of call. My hon. - Speech Link
Asked by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield, Hallam)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish assessments of facilities that will accommodate potential victims of modern slavery ineligible for support under the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Home Office published the Illegal Migration Bill (IMB) Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) on 10 May 2023. We are committed to taking the steps to ensure any potential impacts identified are appropriately mitigated when implementing the policy.
Where an individual has not made a protection claim and is granted immigration bail, support may be available under Schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016.
The Government is consulting with operational partners to implement sections 22 – 29 of the IMA. Guidance is under development which will support the operation of provisions in the IMA, once commenced.
Asked by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield, Hallam)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his planned timetable is for the implementation of sections 22-29 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Home Office published the Illegal Migration Bill (IMB) Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) on 10 May 2023. We are committed to taking the steps to ensure any potential impacts identified are appropriately mitigated when implementing the policy.
Where an individual has not made a protection claim and is granted immigration bail, support may be available under Schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016.
The Government is consulting with operational partners to implement sections 22 – 29 of the IMA. Guidance is under development which will support the operation of provisions in the IMA, once commenced.
Dec. 15 2023
Source Page: Guidance Note on explicit and deemed withdrawal of asylum claimsFound: Thus, for example, an adviser authorised at Level 2 in the category of ‘Immigration ’ may carry out bail
Asked by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield, Hallam)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of sections 22-29 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 on victims of modern slavery receiving support via the National Referral Mechanism.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Home Office published the Illegal Migration Bill (IMB) Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) on 10 May 2023. We are committed to taking the steps to ensure any potential impacts identified are appropriately mitigated when implementing the policy.
Where an individual has not made a protection claim and is granted immigration bail, support may be available under Schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016.
The Government is consulting with operational partners to implement sections 22 – 29 of the IMA. Guidance is under development which will support the operation of provisions in the IMA, once commenced.
Asked by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield, Hallam)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consult with service providers for the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract to ensure that implementation of sections 22-29 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 will be trauma informed.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Home Office published the Illegal Migration Bill (IMB) Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) on 10 May 2023. We are committed to taking the steps to ensure any potential impacts identified are appropriately mitigated when implementing the policy.
Where an individual has not made a protection claim and is granted immigration bail, support may be available under Schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016.
The Government is consulting with operational partners to implement sections 22 – 29 of the IMA. Guidance is under development which will support the operation of provisions in the IMA, once commenced.
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, following their press release on 1 May stating that individuals are to be detained for removal to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, how many such individuals they anticipate will be granted immigration bail in the interim.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
As all detention decisions are particular to the individual concerned it would be inappropriate to predict the extent of any related future activity.
The government has repeatedly stated that it will not be providing a running commentary on the removals process.
Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) They can remand in custody only if there are substantial grounds for believing that, if released on bail - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) To be clear, that Act relates to immigration and potentially administrative law. - Speech Link
3: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) What recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legal aid provision for immigration - Speech Link
4: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) welcome the recent decision by the Judicial Office to make remote hearings the default arrangement for bail - Speech Link
5: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) grateful to the Lord Chief Justice and the senior presiding judge for considering remote hearings of bail - Speech Link