Lead member
Matt Vickers
Conservative, Stockton West
Commons
Decision
No decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Amendment text
To move the following Clause—
“Age assessments: use of scientific methods
The Secretary of State must, within six months of the passing of this Act, lay before Parliament—
(a)
a statutory instrument containing regulations under section 52 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 specifying scientific methods that may be used for the purposes of age assessments, and
(b)
a statutory instrument containing regulations under section 58 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 making provision about refusal to consent to scientific methods for age assessments.”
Member's explanatory statement
This new clause would require the Secretary of State to make regulations to specify scientific methods for assessing a person’s age and to disapply the requirement for consent for scientific methods to be used.