HL Deb 06 July 1999 vol 603 cc79-80WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

In view of the long period of preparation and discussion of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, whether they will arrange for the many secondary rules and orders to be available, at least in summary draft form, in time for the Bill's Committee stage in the House of Lords. [HL3288]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)

It will not in most cases be possible to do so, but we will continue to provide as much information as possible about the operation of the Bill. In particular, initial drafts of the two codes of practice for which the Bill provides will be available before Committee stage. We have published, and placed in the Library, a detailed Process Manual and Information Document describing the operation of the new asylum support arrangements and a draft outline of the rules for the regulation and management of detention centres. We hope to issue consultation documents on the content of the secondary legislation to be made under Part VI before Report stage and will consider a revision of the Process Manual.