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answering dept short name	Home Office
answer › question first answered	2019-05-16T07:37:16.347Z
answer › date of answer	2019-05-16

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01/05/2019

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Migrants: Detainees

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25277

	pref label	House of Lords

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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 3 April (HL Deb, col 165), what is their definition of "indefinite" as applied to the term "indefinite detention".

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Baroness Lister of Burtersett

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HL15466

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is ministerial correction

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16/05/2019

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It is not possible to detain people for an indefinite – or unrestricted – period. In order for detention to be lawful there must be a realistic prospect of the individual’s removal within a reasonable timescale.

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

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16/05/2019 07:37:16

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4311

	label	Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford

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4234

	label	Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett