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Proceeding contribution from Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 25 March 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL].

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

My Lords, three years ago we introduced personal passport interviews for folk applying for a passport for the first time. About 300,000 applicants have had to have a personal interview before being issued with a British passport. I have heard that, after 246,000 interviews, not one applicant had been refused. Did the Government not introduce personal passport interviews in order to prevent this from happening? Has any evaluation been made of the effectiveness of the personal passport interview? If so, could that information be published in order to let us know whether the interviews have been any help in eliminating dual passports, terrorism, fraud and whatever else they were set up to do?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
709 c741 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Complaints Children Disclosure of information Conditions of employment Data protection Criminal records Biometrics Asylum Detainees Applications British nationality Airports Customs officers Customs Citizenship Borders Employment Families Fingerprints Immigration controls Immigration Genetics Undocumented migrants Human trafficking Foreign nationals Immigration officers Misconduct Offenders Personal records Northern Ireland Police Powers Public appointments Ports Passengers Proof of identity Migrant workers Travel Terrorism Training Security Refugees Voluntary work Revenue and Customs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland UK Border Agency
Legislation
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
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