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UK Border Agency

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

497 c1139-52 

Session

2008-09

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Ann Widdecombe | 497 c1139-44 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise this important issue in the House tonight. I think t...

Speaker | 497 c1144 (Link to this contribution) Order. I was about to call the Minister.

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Speaker | 497 c1144 (Link to this contribution) I call Mr. Hands.

Greg Hands | 497 c1144 (Link to this contribution) I was trying to make a speech.

Greg Hands | 497 c1144-6 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for that guidance, Mr. Speaker. I shall not speak for very long. As I have said, I did no...

Alan Campbell | 497 c1151-2 (Link to this contribution) I shall certainly draw that to the attention of my hon. Friend the Minister for Borders and Immigrat...

Ann Widdecombe | 497 c1149-50 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I have a feeling that he was about to embark on the po...

Alan Campbell | 497 c1150 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I understand the right hon. Lady’s point. I am sure that that will be considered, as the case i...

Andrew Mackinlay | 497 c1151 (Link to this contribution) I rise on a parliamentary point. The Minister is a Member of Parliament, as am I. When we write to a...

Alan Campbell | 497 c1148-9 (Link to this contribution) Staff are properly trained to work within the rules. Of course there will be some leeway and discrep...

Ann Widdecombe | 497 c1148 (Link to this contribution) The Minister spoke about the agency staff having to operate within the rules. At what level do discr...

Alan Campbell | 497 c1147 (Link to this contribution) I shall consider the subject of removals in a moment, but I was making the point that there is no po...

Speaker | 497 c1147 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman has already indulged in one very lengthy intervention, and the second was ...

Andrew Mackinlay | 497 c1147 (Link to this contribution) The Minister said that the agency does not go for soft targets, but I have to tell him that that is ...

Alan Campbell | 497 c1146-7 (Link to this contribution) First, may I congratulate the right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) on sec...

Greg Hands | 497 c1146 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for the intervention with which I concur. I will end there, Mr. Speaker....

Andrew Mackinlay | 497 c1146 (Link to this contribution) If only that were so. Some of the easiest cases to resolve are those where a person has become a mum...

Keith Vaz | 497 c1146 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for missing the start of the debate, which started a bit sooner than I expected. Has the...

Greg Hands | 497 c1144 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I apologise for the confusion. I was under the impression that as we can fin...

Speaker | 497 c1144 (Link to this contribution) Order. Let me say to the hon. Gentleman—and for the benefit of others attending our proceedings—that...

Greg Hands | 497 c1146 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I am not surprised, having been to the UKBA ...

Subjects

Administration Executive agencies Borders Immigration controls Immigration UK Border Agency

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