MPs to examine immigration and asylum appeals plans

Tuesday, 7 July at 2.30pm Venue: Grimond Room, Portcullis House

The Justice Committee will hold a one-off evidence session to scrutinise the Government's Immigration and Asylum Bill ahead of the proposed legislation's second reading in the Commons. 

MPs on the cross-party committee, chaired by Labour MP Andy Slaughter, will examine the Bill's plans to establish the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA).

The IIAA would be responsible for replacing the current role of the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber).

Witnesses Tuesday, 7 July             

 2.30pm

• Nadine Finch, Retired Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and

Asylum Chamber)

• Professor Joe Tomlinson, Professor of Administrative Law, King's College London
• Alison Stanley, Senior Consultant Bindmans LLP, The Law Society