Lead member
Pete Wishart
Scottish National Party, Perth and Kinross-shire
Commons
Decision
Disagreed
This amendment was debated and rejected.
Amendment text
Clause 14, page 8, line 11
at end insert—
“(2A)
For the purposes of subsection (1), P cannot commit an offence if P is an asylum seeker.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would specify that the offence created by clause 14 (“Handling articles for use in immigration crime”) cannot apply to asylum seekers.