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Proceeding contribution from Lord Marlesford (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 9 February 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Immigration Bill.

On the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, how can the Home Office argue that there are no resources? It is absurd. It may not be mega-bucks to use private planes, but it is quite expensive. To charge a cost for someone to be at the landing place to check the person is absurd, given the present terrorist situation and the fact that all the indicators say that the terror alert is very high. Look at it another way. We do not hesitate to have police cars, probably with two police people in them, checking that people are not going 40 miles an hour in a 30 mile-an-hour limit, which they should not be doing, but the resource is there. They are the real resources. It is inexcusable not to be following up what the noble

Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, said. The Minister says in triumph, “We have now introduced exit checks”, but it is a real disgrace that the Government had not done so long ago, certainly at the time of 9/11.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
768 c152GC 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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