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Priti Patel
I will write to the hon. and learned Lady and tell her what the overall position is across Government.
Marco Longhi (Dudley North) (Con)
Does the Home Secretary agree that the single most important step any sovereign nation can take in protecting its own borders against illegal immigration is offshore processing?
Tom Pursglove
It is fair to say that, through the Nationality and Borders Bill, we are putting in place a comprehensive package of measures to deal with this issue. Central to that work is the issue of offshore processing, and we reserve the position to do exactly that.