Graeme Morrice
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(11 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Carmichael
Certainly there should be no easy routes for anyone in these circumstances, but I would caution the hon. Gentleman against devoting too much Government resource to the compilation of figures that do not help us to tackle the problem.
Graeme Morrice (Livingston) (Lab)
What discussion have the UK Government had with the Scottish Government about the operation of border controls in an independent Scotland?
Mr Carmichael
We have had no such discussion so far. The truth of the matter is that either we can have an open area with no border controls or we can have closely aligned immigration policies—unlike the position of the Scottish National party, we cannot have both.