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Proceeding contribution from Rob Marris (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 October 2008. It occurred during Opposition day on Immigration Controls.


Immigration Controls

On a connected point, I hope that the Minister can tackle this loophole. I get complaints from some of my constituents, as I am sure he does, about a classic situation, involving a minority. A UK-born woman marries a man from Pakistan. He comes here for two years and a day, gets indefinite leave to remain, divorces her, goes back to Pakistan and brings in another wife. We do not say to him, ““You've divorced your UK-born wife, even though you've been here more than two years. Get out of here and stay out.”” We ought to.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
481 c218 
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