Border Force Budget 2016-17 Debate

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Department: Home Office

Border Force Budget 2016-17

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Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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If the right hon. Gentleman wants to ensure the security of this country and have illegal immigrants removed from it, he should know that the measures we have put in place in the Immigration Act to ensure that people who are renting property are here legally are having an impact.

James Berry Portrait James Berry (Kingston and Surbiton) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that the UK has the strongest borders in Europe, partly because of the Government’s investment in technology at our borders and partly because of the Conservative party’s firm position that we should not join the Schengen system?