Written evidence to be reported to the House
UK Borders Bill
11:18 am
Damian Green (Shadow Minister (Immigration), Home Affairs; Ashford, Conservative)
I want to start with the first section of the Bill, “Detention at ports”, and the extra powers that the Minister regards as necessary for immigration officers. Even before we start the scrutiny of this Bill, the Scottish Executive have rejected this section of it and said they will not enforce it in Scotland. Apart from being a personal humiliation for the Minister, does this not mean that if these powers are necessary to protect our borders, our borders are not protected if the Scottish ports and airports do not have the same system as English and Welsh ones.