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UK Borders Bill

Proceeding contribution from David Jones (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 5 February 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on UK Borders Bill.
My hon. Friend’s point is correct, but it does not simply apply to small ports. Holyhead, for example, is the third-largest passenger port in the United Kingdom, and yet there is no permanent immigration officer presence there. That puts tremendous additional stress on the police. Does he agree that it is all very well to confer a panoply of additional powers on immigration officers, but that if there are no immigration officers to enforce them, it is a pretty fatuous exercise?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
456 c608 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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