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  Immigration Bill - Removal and Detention of Pregnant Women
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow the removal of pregnant women from the UK, against only holding pregnant women in certain types of accommodation, and to only allow the immigration detention of pregnant women in exceptional circumstances or if they are about to be removed from the UK.
  @ MP voted no against limiting the detention of pregnant women to only the most exceptional circumstances, but for limiting detention to 72 hours unless longer is authorised personally by the Secretary of State. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to only allow the immigration detention of pregnant women if they are about to be removed from the UK, or in exceptional circumstances. The majority of MPs voted against a requirement for pregnant women only to be detained in certain types of accommodation and against a ban on removing pregnant women from the UK.
  
  MPs were considering the Immigration Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House does not insist on its amendment 85B in lieu of Lords amendment 85, and agrees to Lords amendment 85C with amendments (a) to (f)
  
  Lords amendment 85[2] sought to introduce a new clause titled ''Guidance on detention of vulnerable persons'' which began:
  
  :(1) No  person  whom  the  Secretary  of State  knows,  or  could reasonably  be expected to know, is pregnant shall be detained.
  :(2) The Secretary of State must issue guidance specifying matters to be taken into account by a person to whom the guidance is addressed in determiningâ
  :(a) whether a person (âPâ) would be particularly vulnerable to harm if P were to be detained or to remain in detention, and
  : (b)if P is identified as being particularly vulnerable to harm in those circumstances,   whether   P   should   be   detained   or   remain   in detention
  
  Commons amendment 85B[2] sought to instead introduce a new clause titled ''Limitation on detention of pregnant women'' limiting the detention of pregnant women to seventy-two hours, or seven days with the personal authorisation of a Secretary of State.
  
  Lords amendment 85C provided for a similar clause to that introduced by amendment 85B but adding: "the over-riding  principle  that  no  pregnant woman  shall  be  detained  under  a  relevant  detention  power  save  in the most exceptional circumstances." 
  
  Amendments (a)-(f)[3] were as follows:
  
  :(a) leave out subsection (1)
  This would remove "the over-riding  principle  that  no  pregnant woman  shall  be  detained  under  a  relevant  detention  power  save  in  the most exceptional circumstances", the reference to "exceptional circumstances" was reintroduced in (b) below.
  
  :(b) at end insertâ
  :( ) A woman to whom this section applies may not be detained under a relevant detention power unless the Secretary of State is satisfied thatâ
  :(a)    the woman will shortly be removed from the United Kingdom, or
  :(b)    there are exceptional circumstances which justify the detention.
  :( )    In determining whether to authorise the detention under a relevant detention power of a woman to whom this section applies, a person who, apart from this section, has power to authorise the detention must have regard to the womanâs welfare.â
  This is self-explanatory.
  
  :(c) Line  15,  leave out âearlierâ and insert âlaterâ
  This has the effect of not starting the 72 hour clock until the Secretary of State is satisfied the woman is pregnant.
  
  :(d) leave out subsection (6)
  This omits a requirement for pregnant women only to be detained in certain types of accommodation.
  
  :(e) leave out subsection (13)
  This removes a restriction on the removal of pregnant women from the UK.
  
  :(f) leave out subsection (15)
  This removed a requirement for the Secretary of State to consult the   Independent Family Returns Panel on how best to promote the welfare of a pregnant woman who is to be removed or detained.
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/immigration.html Parliament's webpage on the Immigration Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2015-2016/0124/amend/ml124-I.pdf Amendment paper containing Lords amendment 85 and Commons Amendment 85B in lieu]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0169/amend/immigration_day_cclm_0506.1-3.html Amendment paper containing Commons amendments (a)-(f) to Lords amendment 85C to the Immigration Bill]
  
  
  
  
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