Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Bill Debate

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Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Bill

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Friday 24th October 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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I fear that we are getting into repetition. I want to talk about the important work of our Border Force. I was at Heathrow airport last week.

Lord Beamish Portrait Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab)
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To help the hon. Lady, may I ask her whether one of the consequences of the Bill would be that we have to build many jails in this country to house the armies of illegal immigrants with whom the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) suggests there is a problem?

Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. That is clearly a matter for the Ministry of Justice, not the Home Department, so I do not wish to comment on the number of prisons that may be needed. We should pay tribute to our Border Force teams—

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