Visiting Nationals (Bond Requirement)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 15 July 2013.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May The Secretary of State for the Home Department 2:30, 15 July 2013

We have not introduced the scheme yet. I shall make an announcement in due course about what it will cover and how it will operate, but the aim is to concentrate on places that we believe present a significant risk of overstaying. As I said to my hon. Friend Richard Graham, it is important for the bond—where we do introduce it—to be set at a level that is high enough to constitute a disincentive, but is not disproportionate.