Asylum: British Overseas Territories and Ferries Debate

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Department: Home Office

Asylum: British Overseas Territories and Ferries

Lord Lexden Excerpts
Monday 5th October 2020

(3 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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It is very important that local authorities are not only warned of impending arrivals but consulted with and engage with the people arriving. Criminals should be assessed quickly and expeditiously, and I think that no noble Lord would disagree with criminals who need to be deported being deported quickly.

Lord Lexden Portrait The Deputy Speaker (Lord Lexden) (Con)
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My Lords, all supplementary questions have now been asked.