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UK Borders Bill

I strongly support my noble friend’s amendment. At the present time, all legislation seems to be more restrictive and more traditional. An amendment was proposed earlier that we should increase the gaol term from two years to four years and here we are again talking about imprisonment. We always seem to adopt this sort of approach instead of accepting the opportunity provided by this legislation to consider alternatives. We already have the largest prison population per head in Europe and it is time for us to say, ““Let us look again at the legislation””. What consideration is being given to alternatives to imprisonment?