Lead member
Lord Etherton
Crossbench, Life peer
Lords
Decision
Agreed
This amendment was agreed to. Where a member has given notice of their intention to oppose a Clause/Schedule standing part of a Bill, 'agreed' indicates that the Clause/Schedule was removed from the Bill.
Amendment text
After Clause 6
insert the following new Clause—
“Restrictions on removal destinations: LGBT persons
(1)
Where the Secretary of State is required by section 2(1) to make arrangements for the removal of a person from the United Kingdom—
(a)
trans men and women must not be removed to Brazil;
(b)
LGBT persons must not be removed to Gambia, Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda or Sierra Leone;
(c)
no person may be removed to a territory or country listed in Schedule 1 (Countries or territories to which a person may be removed) if the exceptional circumstances specified in section 5(5)(b) apply to that territory or country.
(2)
The Secretary of State may by regulations amend subsection (1) to—
(a)
add or remove a country or territory, or part of a country or territory;
(b)
reflect changes made to Schedule 1 by regulations made under section 6.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would prevent LGBT people being moved to countries where they have a well-founded fear of persecution; or to a country which is subject to proceedings under Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union, as is currently the case with Hungary and Poland, and as is recognised as inappropriate by the existing Clause 5(5).