I would be interested to know whether the 50 people to whom the noble Lord referred include the Afghan hijackers. It seems—according to the Explanatory Notes, with which we have been served—that it is concern about them that has raised the special immigration status. I declare an interest as having defended one of the Afghan hijackers. He was the only one to be acquitted in the first trial that took place.
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Thomas of Gresford
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 10 March 2008.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill.
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