Deportation and Removals

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:31 pm on 3 May 2006.

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Photo of Ann Cryer Ann Cryer Labour, Keighley 12:31, 3 May 2006

Sharon Beshenivsky lived at Hainworth, in my constituency, until her murder. My colleagues from Bradford and I attended her funeral at Bradford cathedral. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the most precious of human rights is the right to life itself? I welcome his comments, and I am impressed that we seem to be moving in the right direction. The Prime Minister also commented just now on overhauling the system and changing the rules. If we are, as my right hon. Friend Mr. Denham mentioned, to have a presumption in favour of deportation, would Mustaf Jama—the prime suspect in Sharon's murder—be capable of being deported if he were to come before the people who discuss deportations? Given the changes that are to be introduced, would he now be capable of being deported? Will my right hon. Friend also comment on the letter that the Leader of the Opposition waved at us earlier when he was talking about prisoners switching to become asylum seekers before they were deported? I had understood that we had put an absolute stop to that switching.