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Debate between Mike Penning and Sarah Teather
Monday 23rd March 2015

(9 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Penning Portrait Mike Penning
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I apologise if I misled the hon. Lady, but I am sure I said that we were taking staff out of the back rooms and putting more on the front line. There are more officers serving on the front line today than there were when the Labour Government left office.

Sarah Teather Portrait Sarah Teather (Brent Central) (LD)
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T5. I understand that the Home Secretary has asked officials to carry out a detailed piece of work on the future requirements of the immigration detention estate, in conjunction with her decision to halt the expansion of Campsfield. What is the remit for that work, what is the timetable for it, and will it be made public? Will the Home Secretary direct the officials to look at the international evidence that was presented in our cross-party report on the immigration detention system, which suggests that we could substantially reduce our need for detention places?