§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they agree with the statement attributed to Mr Keith Best, Chief Executive of the Immigration Advisory Service, by The Times in its 133WA annexe of 11 April, that when the Human Rights Act 1998 is brought fully into force on 2 October, the rate of hearing asylum appeals by adjudicators will decline to an average of one a day because of all the time needed to go through the evidence. [HL2018]
§ The Lord ChancellorThe impact of the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights was taken into account by the Immigration Appellate Authority in drawing up its Business Plan for the year 2000–2001. The plan shows a disposal rate for asylum appeals by adjudicators of 1.5 per day for the months of October and November 2000. The disposal rate is then increased to 2 per day from December 2000 onwards.