Proceeding contribution from Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 October 2008. It occurred during Opposition day on Immigration Controls.
Immigration Controls
I am sure the hon. Gentleman will be relieved to know that last year we removed one person from the country every eight minutes, and that—this is where he is wrong—we are on track to conclude most of our asylum cases within six months by the end of the year. When the hon. Gentleman and the Government whom he supported left office in 1997, the time scale was approximately 22 months. That is the difference between an effective immigration system and the system that we inherited.
Secondary information
- Type
- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 481 c172
- Session
- 2007-08
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Borders Employment Housing Immigration controls Immigration Entry clearances Economic situation Monitoring Population Statistics Visas EU immigration Work permits
- Link
- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2023-12-16 00:49:07 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_501798
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_501798
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_501798