Written evidence to be reported to the House

Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 5:30 pm on 16 October 2007.

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Jan Berry: This is about dealing with people who know exactly what the law says and who know that we can ask but cannot demand, so you get different variations on: no, they are not going to tell us who they are or anything else. We are then left with a situation where we can use a different piece of legislation to try to establish their identity to see if they are wanted on warrant or if there is a football banning order or another measure. However, it would be far simpler if, since they should have some form of identification if they are leaving or coming into the country, because they cannot travel without that, we could then look at that.