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Short-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022 Baroness Lister of Burtersett moved that this House regrets that the Short-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022 (SI 2022/1345) remove important safeguards and reduce the standards for the lawful detention beyond 24 hours of migrants, including children and vulnerable adults, at the immigration detention facility in Manston, Kent; that the Home Office has not consulted on these changes nor provided an adequate policy justification for them; and that this potentially contentious legislation was brought into effect while the House was in recess. After debate, the motion was withdrawn.

Tuesday 18 April 2023 between 19:24 and 20:16

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Short-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022 Baroness Lister of Burtersett moved that this House regrets that the Short-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022 (SI 2022/1345) remove important safeguards and reduce the standards for the lawful detention beyond 24 hours of migrants, including children and vulnerable adults, at the immigration detention facility in Manston, Kent; that the Home Office has not consulted on these changes nor provided an adequate policy justification for them; and that this potentially contentious legislation was brought into effect while the House was in recess. After debate, the motion was withdrawn.
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