ILPA Summary of House of Commons Committee Stage of the immigration Bill 2015: Days 1 & 2 (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th sittings), 20 and 22 October 2015
Links to debates are added below.
Committee Debate 1st sitting: House of Commons 20 October 2015
Witnesses
- Judith Dennis, Policy Manager, Refugee Council
- Mike Kaye, Co-ordinator, Still Human Still Here
- John Wilkes, Chief Executive, Scottish Refugee Council
- Professor Sir David Metcalf CBE, Chair, Migration Advisory Committee
- Kevin Green, Chief Executive Officer, Recruitment and Employment Confederation
- John Miley, Chair, National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers
- Caroline Robinson, Policy Director, Focus on Labour Exploitation
Committee Debate 2nd sitting: House of Commons 20 October 2015
Witnesses
- Neil Carberry, Director of Employment and Skills, CBI
- Lord Green of Deddington, Chair, Migration Watch UK
- Harry Mitchell QC, Migration Watch UK
- Ms Alanna Thomas, Migration Watch UK
- Richard Lambert, Chief Executive, National Landlords Association
- Eric Leenders, Executive Director for Retail Banking, British Bankers Association
- David Smith, Policy Director, Residential Landlords Association
- David Snelling, Chief Superintendent, Sutton Borough, Metropolitan Police
- Stephen Gabriel, Strategic Manager, Homes and Communities, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- Ilona Pinter, Policy Adviser, The Children’s Society (also representing the Refugee Children’s Consortium)
- Kamena Dorling, Policy and Programmes Manager, Coram Children’s Legal Centre (also representing the
- Refugee Children’s Consortium)
- Adrian Matthews, Principal Policy Adviser (Asylum and Immigration), Office of the Children’s Commissioner
Written evidence reported to the House
- IB 01 David Smith, Policy Director, Residential Landlords Association
- IB 02 NSL
- IB 03 Recruitment and Employment Confederation
- IB 04 Coram Children’s Legal Centre
- IB 05 Tony Smith CBE, Former Director General, UK Border Force
- IB 06 Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
- IB 07 Adrian Matthews, Principal Policy Adviser, Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England
- IB 08 Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)
Committee Debate 3rd sitting: House of Commons 22 October 2015
Witnesses
- Adrian Berry, Chair, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
- Manjit Gill QC, Barrister, Head of the International Human Rights Law Group, No5 Chambers
- Jerome Phelps, Director, Detention Action
- Don Flynn, Director, Migrants’ Rights Network
- Colin Yeo, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Committee Debate 4th sitting: House of Commons 22 October 2015
Witnesses
- Councillor David Simmonds, Chair of the Asylum, Migration and Refugee Task Group, Local Government Association
- Paul Greenhalgh, Chair, Asylum Task Force, Association of Directors of Children’s Services
- Henry St Clair Miller, Manager, No Recourse to Public Funds Network
- Peter Grady, Legal Officer, UNHCR
- Karl Pike, Refugee Policy and Advocacy Manager, British Red Cross
- Andrew Hewett, Development Manager Refugee Services, British Red Cross
- Saira Grant, Chief Executive, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
- Steve Symonds, Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme Director, Amnesty
- Rebecca Hilsenrath, Interim Chief Executive and Chief Legal Officer, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Keith Ashcroft, Senior Managing Lawyer, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Rachel Robinson, Policy Officer, Liberty
Written evidence reported to the House
- IB 09 London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Column number: 152
- IB 10 British Medical Association
- IB 11 Chief Superintendent David Snelling, Sutton Police
- Document Date
- 2015-10-22
- Issue Number
- 16.02.31875