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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 26 June 2025

Debate

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Contribution

The second defence requires the person to show they had—that phrase—“a reasonable excuse”. Three categories are listed in the report, and paragraph 26 details them. It might be helpful to the Committee if I give the gist of this. We say that the three categories are “non-exhaustive” and:

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