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Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill

I thank the Minister for that. I am still rather confused by one aspect of the previous immigration legislation. Immigration officers are given wide powers. In some aspects, they can be compared with the wide powers that the police have above the rank of superintendent. Why do they need to have powers to search and arrest, and so on? Why is that distinction drawn here? I am not clear on that.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
677 c215-6GC 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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