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The Lord Bishop of Durham's amendment, Clause 56

Illegal Migration Act 2023

Report stage

Amendment number: 156A

Lead member

The Lord Bishop of Durham
Bishops, Bishops
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 56, page 58, line 25

leave out subsections (2) to (4) and insert—
“(2) Subsection (5) applies if P makes an application for judicial review of—
(a) the decision mentioned in subsection (1), or
(b) any decision to make arrangements for the person’s removal from the United Kingdom under this Act which is taken on the basis of that decision.”

Member's explanatory statement

This amendment reinstates the right of appeal against age assessments in respect of putative children whom there is a duty to remove under the Bill, and removes a provision that would prevent a judicial review challenge to an age assessment from serving as a barrier to the putative child's removal from the UK.

Sponsors

Lord Coaker
Labour
Life peer
Baroness Brinton
Liberal Democrat
Life peer