division_name: Illegal Migration Bill - <i>Report (3rd Day)</i> &#8212; Amendment 168
motion: <p class="italic" pid="a1269.1/1" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">Moved by Lord Coaker</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a1269.1/2" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">168: After Clause 61, insert the following new Clause&#8212;&#8220;Organised immigration crime enforcement(1) The Crime and Courts Act 2013 is amended as follows.(2) In section 1 (the National Crime Agency), after subsection (10) insert&#8212;&#8220;(10A) The NCA has a specific function to combat organised crime where the purpose of that crime is to enable the illegal entry of a person into the United Kingdom via the English Channel.(10B) The NCA must maintain a unit (a &#8220;Cross-Border People Smuggling Unit&#8221;) to coordinate the work undertaken in cooperation with international partners in pursuit of the function mentioned in subsection (10A).&#8221;&#8221;Member's explanatory statementThis new Clause would give the National Crime Agency a legal responsibility for tackling organised immigration crime across the Channel, and to maintain a specific unit to undertake work related to that responsibility.</p>
  
  <p pid="a1278.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 188, Noes 158.</p>