Foreign National Offenders

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Excerpts

Wednesday 22nd October 2014 Lords Chamber

[Lord Bates]

That is certainly the intention and the process. If I may, to make absolutely sure that I have given the noble Lord the accurate information, I will check on that and write to him. But that is certainly the case and nothing we are putting forward at present will mean that the genuine asylum seeker who is at risk of serious and irreversible harm will be deported while their case is being heard.

[Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (Lab)]

My Lords, if the Minister is unable to answer the question posed by my noble friend, will he please write and put a copy in the Library? We need to know accurately how many people were involved.

[Lord Bates]

We will certainly make investigations into that and get the information required, and do as the noble Baroness suggests.