UK Border Agency Debate

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Department: Home Office
Wednesday 18th May 2011

(13 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Browning Portrait Baroness Browning
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If the due process of law and the regulations are to be followed properly, that is an essential ingredient. If my noble friend felt that this was causing a problem at any point for people receiving due process of law and regulation, I would certainly wish to investigate it.

Lord Avebury Portrait Lord Avebury
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My Lords, will my noble friend say anything about the use of intelligence to improve the quality of decision-making by the UKBA, which, as we heard only recently, is incapable of making decisions on a regular basis that are not challenged successfully on appeal?

Baroness Browning Portrait Baroness Browning
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This is an area in which the agency has openly accepted, particularly in response to this report on intelligence, that it needs to make improvements. It is genuinely looking to improve the way in which it carries out its functions.