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Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill

I am not sure that the Minister has taken up the point made by Mr. Neil Gerrard in Standing Committee. He said:"““The introduction of the . . . article . . . implies that the Minister believes that its current use is causing problems. It would help the Committee if he indicated what sort of cases there are or how many cases there have been in which the absence of””" Clause 52,"““from the current law has caused a problem . . . Its absence has presumably led to someone being given asylum whom the Minister feels should not have been granted it””." The Minister, Mr. Tony McNulty, replied:"““It is an entirely fair point. I say quite candidly that that question is difficult to answer, simply because we do not know the answer. I must stress that the new clause is not only being introduced as a result of 7 July””—" this differs a little from what the Minister has said—"““although those events obviously brought things into stark focus. We start from the premise that there will potentially be instances of people being granted asylum who perhaps should not have been granted it, but we are talking about a small number. It is not a blanket measure, but the legislation does require tightening up””.—[Official Report, Commons Standing Committee E, 27/10/2005; col. 284-5.]" I just wonder whether the Minister could comment on that answer and enlarge on it.