division_name: Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill
motion: <p pid="a.677.0/1" pwmotiontext="moved">moved Amendment No. 4:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a.677.0/2" pwmotiontext="moved">After Clause 8, insert the following new clause&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.677.0/3" pwmotiontext="moved">"LEGAL AID FOR ASYLUM INTERVIEWS</p>
  
  <p pid="a.677.0/4" pwmotiontext="moved">The Lord Chancellor shall make a direction under section 6(8) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) (services which may be funded) to require the funding of attendances by solicitors (and other non-solicitor suppliers accredited for the purpose by the legal services commission) and independent interpreters at interviews conducted on behalf of the Secretary of State with a view to his reaching a decision on a claim for asylum (as defined by section 167(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (interpretation)) in the circumstances where the supplier has certified that he has a reasonable belief that the asylum applicant to be interviewed&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.677.0/5" pwmotiontext="moved">(a) is a torture or rape victim;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.677.0/6" pwmotiontext="moved">(b) has had inflicted on him serious physical harm; or</p>
  
  <p pid="a.677.0/7" pwmotiontext="moved">(c) has a reasonable fear of being tortured, raped or so harmed if returned to his country of origin."</p>
  
  <p pid="a.683.2/1" pwmotiontext="considered">On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 4) shall be agreed to?</p>
  
  <p pid="a.683.2/2" pwmotiontext="divided">Their Lordships divided: Contents, 66; Not-Contents, 132.</p>