Lead member
The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishops, Bishops
Lords
Decision
Agreed
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Amendment text
After Clause 61
insert the following new Clause—
“Ten-year strategy on refugees and human trafficking
(1)
The Secretary of State must prepare a ten-year strategy for tackling refugee crises affecting migration by irregular routes, or the movement of refugees, to the United Kingdom through collaboration with signatories to the Refugee Convention or any other international agreement on the rights of refugees.
(2)
The strategy must also include provisions for tackling human trafficking to the United Kingdom.
(3)
The Secretary of State must make and lay before Parliament a statement of policies for implementing the strategy.
(4)
The first statement must be made within twelve months of the passing of this Act; and a subsequent statement must be made within twelve months of the making of the previous statement.
(5)
A Minister of the Crown must, within 28 sitting days of a statement under this section being laid before Parliament, move a motion in each House for the approval of the statement.
(6)
“Ten-year strategy” means a strategy for the period of ten years beginning with the day on which preparation of the strategy is completed.
(7)
“The Refugee Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 and its Protocol.
(8)
A “sitting day”, in relation to each House of Parliament, means a day on which that House begins to sit.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would require the Secretary of State to have a ten-year strategy for collaborating internationally to tackle refugee crises affecting migration by irregular routes, or the movement of refugees, to the United Kingdom and for tackling human trafficking to the United Kingdom.