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UK Borders Bill

I welcome the concept behind these two amendments, particularly because it would overcome some of the difficulties that the Bill poses of giving powers of arrest and detention to people who are not constables. On the drafting of Amendment No. 1, I question whether in subsection (2)(a), "““detecting and removing illegal overstayers””," should be put at the top of the list. I understand that an enforced removal is already estimated to cost £11,000 per person removed. As for the drafting of subsection (3) and the bodies to be consulted in subsection (5) of Amendment No. 1, the British Transport Police, which does the policing of the whole rail system in the country, seems to have been omitted. Finally, among current problems, at some ports of entry there is alleged at the moment to be no one on duty at all.