I hope that like me, the hon. Gentleman is a good rugby supporter. Many teams are all-Ireland teams, as he well knows. Does he not agree that it is nonsense to put the cart before the horse and try to deal with border controls by requiring identity checks at places such as Holyhead before holding a debate about whether we should keep—I support this—the CTA, encompassing the whole of Ireland and the whole of the UK?
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Simon Hughes
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 June 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords].
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