Asylum Seekers Debate
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Lord Berkeley
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Asylum Seekers
Lord Berkeley Excerpts(5 years, 12 months ago)
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Lord Berkeley (Lab)
My Lords, given the questionable reputation of the Home Office on these issues going back many years, many of us would question whether its review of procedures that the Minister mentioned will be independent. Would it not be better if a more independent body did these reviews, maybe including Her Majesty’s inspectorate?
Baroness Williams of Trafford
That is a very apposite question. In fact, we will work with HMIP to scrutinise, first, what happened and, secondly, how things can be improved.