My Lords, would the Minister agree that we have a sort of continental drift in this ID card system? We are now justifying it on the basis that it will be really convenient and all the rest of it, but that is not where we started. The Minister may say...

My Lords, would the Minister agree that we have a sort of continental drift in this ID card system? We are now justifying it on the basis that it will be really convenient and all the rest of it, but that is not where we started. The Minister may say...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these five statutory instruments, which I shall deal with now. I have a Motion to Resolve for discussion later on. This is a slightly unreal debate. The Minister said that these statutory instruments, which implement the arrangements for the provision of identity...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these five statutory instruments, which I shall deal with now. I have a Motion to Resolve for discussion later on. This is a slightly unreal debate. The Minister said that these statutory instruments, which implement the arrangements for the provision of identity...

Draft Identity Cards Act 2006 (Information and Code of Practice on Penalties) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to approve. Agreed to on question. Amendment debated and agreed to on division (157 votes to 98). Debated with draft Identity Cards Act 2006 (Provision of Information without Consent) Regulations 2009; draft Identity Cards Act 2006 (Fees) Regulations 2009; draft Identity Cards Act 2006 (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2009; draft Identity Cards Act 2006 (Application and Issue of ID Card and Notification of Changes) Regulations 2009.

Draft Identity Cards Act 2006 (Information and Code of Practice on Penalties) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to approve. Agreed to on question. Amendment debated and agreed to on division (157 votes to 98). Debated with draft Identity Cards Act 2006 (Provision of Information without Consent) Regulations 2009;...

Draft Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009. Lords debate on a motion to approve. Agreed to on question. [Relevant document: 7th report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments]

Draft Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009. Lords debate on a motion to approve. Agreed to on question. [Relevant document: 7th report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments]

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument; I recognise, at the outset, that this is becoming an annual event and will, I guess, continue to be so. The implementation of the full-scale identity card system is, obviously, gathering pace. The Government’s experience in issuing ID cards...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument; I recognise, at the outset, that this is becoming an annual event and will, I guess, continue to be so. The implementation of the full-scale identity card system is, obviously, gathering pace. The Government’s experience in issuing ID cards...

Clause 41: The qualifying period Amendment 35 35: Clause 41, page 34, line 19, leave out from "period" to end of line 33 and insert "is— (a) 6 years in a case within paragraph 1; (b) 3 years in a case within paragraph 3."

Clause 41: The qualifying period Amendment 35 35: Clause 41, page 34, line 19, leave out from "period" to end of line 33 and insert "is— (a) 6 years in a case within paragraph 1; (b) 3 years in a case within paragraph 3."

Clause 6: The Director of Border Revenue Amendment 13 13: Clause 6, page 5, line 6, leave out subsection (2) and insert— "( ) A designation made under this section must be approved by both Houses of Parliament."

Clause 6: The Director of Border Revenue Amendment 13 13: Clause 6, page 5, line 6, leave out subsection (2) and insert— "( ) A designation made under this section must be approved by both Houses of Parliament."

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply; unfortunately, most of the questions still remain. It may be that until the design group has reported or come to its final conclusions those questions are going to hang about, because they are absolutely germane to how this activity requirement will...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply; unfortunately, most of the questions still remain. It may be that until the design group has reported or come to its final conclusions those questions are going to hang about, because they are absolutely germane to how this activity requirement will...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. He has probably missed a golden opportunity to say exactly what information will be required. He did not do that but, as I understand it, he is basically saying that it is passport details, date of travel and, probably, original destination....

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. He has probably missed a golden opportunity to say exactly what information will be required. He did not do that but, as I understand it, he is basically saying that it is passport details, date of travel and, probably, original destination....

Amendment 20 20: After Clause 22, insert the following new Clause— "UK Border Agency detention In the application of PACE orders by virtue of section 22— (a) no person may be detained in an office of the UK Border Agency for a period exceeding 3 hours, and (b) no person...

Amendment 20 20: After Clause 22, insert the following new Clause— "UK Border Agency detention In the application of PACE orders by virtue of section 22— (a) no person may be detained in an office of the UK Border Agency for a period exceeding 3 hours, and (b) no person...

My Lords, I shall be quite quick with this, and I hope that the Minister will accept it; it is straightforward. It would put into the Bill the limits on the length of time that someone may be held in different types of facility by the UK Border Agency. By...

My Lords, I shall be quite quick with this, and I hope that the Minister will accept it; it is straightforward. It would put into the Bill the limits on the length of time that someone may be held in different types of facility by the UK Border Agency. By...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for those comments but I still think that the list that was given to us would be illuminating for anybody who is trying to find their way through this legislation, which we have said all along is opaque and difficult to fathom. I...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for those comments but I still think that the list that was given to us would be illuminating for anybody who is trying to find their way through this legislation, which we have said all along is opaque and difficult to fathom. I...

My Lords, in Committee we discussed what the Director of Border Revenue would do and who that person would be. It became apparent that, for the moment at least, the chief executive of the UK Border Agency is the person on whom the Secretary of State’s hand has fallen to...

My Lords, in Committee we discussed what the Director of Border Revenue would do and who that person would be. It became apparent that, for the moment at least, the chief executive of the UK Border Agency is the person on whom the Secretary of State’s hand has fallen to...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his reply and his robustness to the message from the Box; that is always enormously helpful when a Minister is likely to take a different view. This needs transparency. Even the Minister was talking almost as if these were two...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his reply and his robustness to the message from the Box; that is always enormously helpful when a Minister is likely to take a different view. This needs transparency. Even the Minister was talking almost as if these were two...

My Lords, I thank the Minister again for his reply, although it was not very helpful. I am extremely grateful, too, for sight of the report that has just been issued. We understood as clearly as we could after the last sitting that the Government were going to allow those...

My Lords, I thank the Minister again for his reply, although it was not very helpful. I am extremely grateful, too, for sight of the report that has just been issued. We understood as clearly as we could after the last sitting that the Government were going to allow those...

Amendment 23A 23A: Before Clause 39, insert the following new Clause— "Exceptions to application of this Part Nothing in this Part shall affect an application— (a) which has been submitted at any time in the twelve months prior to the commencement of this Part by any person for limited leave...

Amendment 23A 23A: Before Clause 39, insert the following new Clause— "Exceptions to application of this Part Nothing in this Part shall affect an application— (a) which has been submitted at any time in the twelve months prior to the commencement of this Part by any person for limited leave...

My Lords, the principle behind this proposed new clause, which would be inserted before Clause 39, is fairness. The Government are seeking to change the routes in this Bill for those applying for various categories of naturalisation and residence in this country. However, we have some issues with some of...

My Lords, the principle behind this proposed new clause, which would be inserted before Clause 39, is fairness. The Government are seeking to change the routes in this Bill for those applying for various categories of naturalisation and residence in this country. However, we have some issues with some of...

My Lords, I am grateful to have had this debate because it was important to have done so. I will be extremely grateful for the Minister’s clarification on this because it looks to me as if we may need three items in the Bill to clarify this. I hope that...

My Lords, I am grateful to have had this debate because it was important to have done so. I will be extremely grateful for the Minister’s clarification on this because it looks to me as if we may need three items in the Bill to clarify this. I hope that...

My Lords, perhaps the Minister would confirm that an immigration officer or a customs officer is entitled to hold someone for three hours, which was my clear understanding. Perhaps no one here can help us. Section 2(1)(a) of the UK Borders Act, referring to detention, says, ""may be liable to...

My Lords, perhaps the Minister would confirm that an immigration officer or a customs officer is entitled to hold someone for three hours, which was my clear understanding. Perhaps no one here can help us. Section 2(1)(a) of the UK Borders Act, referring to detention, says, ""may be liable to...

My Lords, I support the amendment, because we need some clarity on what just changing names does. I am not at all clear either why we could not stay with the names that people understand and know. The only people who are not going to get confused are those who...

My Lords, I support the amendment, because we need some clarity on what just changing names does. I am not at all clear either why we could not stay with the names that people understand and know. The only people who are not going to get confused are those who...