The House of Lords had earlier passed a number of amendments to this Government’s Bill. On April 26 the House of Commons sent them back with various reasons for rejection. Lord Alton of Liverpool moved a compromise amendment to allow asylum-applicants to take jobs, if their cases were still outstanding after nine months. This was…
This had its second reading in the House of Lords on 10 February, with forty separate speeches. It had earlier passed through the House of Commons with relatively few changes. I can understand the Government’s wish to reduce net immigration, with unemployment high, economic recovery just starting, and total population growing steadily. Speakers from universities…
