Written evidence to be reported to the House

Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 5:00 pm on 16 October 2007.

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Jan Berry: I am not sure whether we have a power, to be absolutely honest. I would have to check that. Even if we had a power, it is about having the resources to do that. If an expectation is placed on the police to keep people in custody and then transport them through the country, it will be extremely resource intensive. As we have pointed out, while we agree with many of the aspects of the Bill, there are a number that will have significant resource implications for the police service. We will start to become the first point of call, rather than the last. If immigration cases are going to be transported around the country by the police, I do not think that we have the number of people to do that and the other jobs that we are expected to do.