Lead member
Pete Wishart
Scottish National Party, Perth and Kinross-shire
Commons
Decision
Withdrawn after debate
This amendment was withdrawn after debate and no decision was taken on it.
Amendment text
Clause 13, page 7, line 12
at end insert—
“(1A)
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 13 (“Supplying articles for use in immigration crime”) cannot apply to asylum seekers.