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.
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Dholakia
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 17 January 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Immigration Asylum and Nationality Bill 2005-06.
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