Ibrahim Magag Debate

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Department: Home Office
Tuesday 8th January 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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When the Government took office they decided to review counter-terrorism legislation. There was a public consultation, and a number of changes were made as a result. It is possible for people to abscond from wherever they are; indeed, three of the control order subjects who absconded did so from outside London.

David T C Davies Portrait David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)
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Is not one of the root causes of the current problem the fact that members of the Labour Government allowed so many of these people to have visas and passports, letting them stay in the United Kingdom? Is it not time that we rounded up as many of them as possible, and established grounds on which to strip them of their visas and passports and deport them to whichever hellhole they came from and wish to emulate?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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My hon. Friend makes his point in his normal forthright manner. I can tell him that the Government view national security as an absolute priority and take every possible step to keep the public safe, through deportations when they are possible, through the application of TPIMs, or through other measures.