Lead member
Lord German
Liberal Democrat, 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
Clause 4, page 6, line 16
leave out “cannot be considered under the immigration rules” and insert “must be considered under the immigration rules if the person who made the claim has not been removed from the United Kingdom within six months of the day the claim is deemed inadmissible.
(3A)
From the point at which the provisions of subsection (3) apply to a person, no other provision made by or by virtue of this Act applies to that person.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would require the Home Secretary to consider a protection claim or a human rights claim if the applicant has not been removed from the UK within six months of the claim being deemed inadmissible, and disapply other provisions at this point.