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Oral Answers to Questions

Lord Hanson of Flint Excerpts
Tuesday 15th February 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Crispin Blunt Portrait Mr Blunt
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I certainly would agree. We want to make it clear that we want absolutely no administrative hurdles put in the way of deporting foreign national prisoners back to where they belong.

Lord Hanson of Flint Portrait Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab)
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Just for the purposes of planning for language services, will the Minister indicate what changes he expects in either the percentage or number of foreign national prisoners in this country over the next 12 months, so that we can judge his success in deportation?

Crispin Blunt Portrait Mr Blunt
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All I know is that, having inherited the utterly dreadful position that we face—a position for which the right hon. Gentleman bears some responsibility, having held responsibilities in this area in the past—we are determined to make as much progress as possible. He understands, having presided over a doubling in the number of foreign national prisoners in our jails, just how difficult it is to get them sent home once they are here, but we will be making as much progress as we possibly can.