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Proceeding contribution from Andrew Mackinlay (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 22 October 2009. It occurred during Adjournment debate on UK Border Agency.


UK Border Agency

The Minister said that the agency does not go for soft targets, but I have to tell him that that is not my experience. Single young men are like the Scarlet Pimpernel in that they move around and are difficult to find, but the agency picks up seven, eight or nine loving families in bed at six o’clock on a Sunday morning. That is what is happening, but not in my name, because it stinks. People experience the trauma of having their doors being banged on at six o’clock in the morning, when everyone knows where they are. What is going on is wholly unacceptable in this day and age. It is happening because politicians on both sides have played the numbers game, and—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
497 c1147 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Administration Executive agencies Borders Immigration controls Immigration UK Border Agency
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk