Part of UK Borders Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:00 pm on 20 March 2007.
Liam Byrne
Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality)
12:00,
20 March 2007
Again I find myself starting from the same position as the hon. Gentleman. One of the most frustrating aspects of the removal process for many of the individuals to whom I talk in my Constituency is that they cannot understand why we cannot put people to whom we have issued deportation orders on a plane, let it take off and touch down in their country of origin, bundle them out of the back and leave them to the tender mercies of the reception staff at the airport.
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