Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 12:

In page 4, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following new paragraph:

"(h) any representations made by or on behalf of the person,".

The Labour Party proposes that one of the considerations should be "any representations made by or on behalf of the person". The reason for proposing this amendment is that we are of the view that it should be a standard provision in the legislation. For example, in section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 the Minister must have regard to representations before deporting a person. A similar provision should be part of this legislation. I look forward to hearing the comments of the Minister of State.