Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Graeme Morrice and Theresa May

Monday 9th July 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

I am not entirely sure where my hon. Friend was going in linking the House of Lords with deportations, but I do not share the opinion that he has expressed. Personally, I shall be voting in favour of House of Lords reform, as I have done previously. As for the Human Rights Act, I have made my views known publicly on a number of occasions. What the Government are doing, crucially, is taking action to ensure that we can set out the criteria for article 8 so that fewer foreign criminals will be able to call on it in order to stay in this country.

[Graeme Morrice (Livingston) (Lab)]

14. What recent assessment she has made of waiting times at UK borders.