[Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] — Backbench business — Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania)

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 7:08 pm on 22 April 2013.

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Photo of Steve Barclay Steve Barclay Conservative, North East Cambridgeshire 7:08, 22 April 2013

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for the work that he is doing on behalf of not only Peterborough, but the fen region. He repeatedly highlights issues that are pertinent to not only one constituency, but several. With regard to the specific point he is making, would he explore with the Government whether they have had discussions with the British Bankers Association on whether banks are able to track transfers from accounts in the UK to specific countries? In my former career, I worked in financial crime prevention, transaction monitoring and such areas, and I would have thought that Whitehall does not need to struggle with this, because the capability is already there. People can, in fact, track such flows. The information should be available through a quick phone call.