Asylum: British Overseas Territories and Ferries Debate
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Lord Lexden
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Asylum: British Overseas Territories and Ferries
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Monday 5th October 2020
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Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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.
The Deputy Speaker (Lord Lexden) (Con)
My Lords, all supplementary questions have now been asked.