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guarantee of having somewhere to live and (c) without having provided proof that they will not have recourse to public funds during their time in the United Kingdom.Mr. Charles Wardle : European Community and other European Economic Area nationals may enter the United Kingdom simply on production of a valid passport or national identity card, but can be refused entry on grounds of public policy, public security or public health. The rights of nationals of European Community and other European Economic Area member states to reside in the United Kingdom are subject to the conditions and limitations laid down in European Community law, including, in the case of those wishing to reside without working, the requirements to have sufficient resources to avoid becoming a burden on the social security system.
Prisoners' Earnings
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the policy of his Department as to the handing over of money earned by inmates being held in penal establishments in England and Wales who are being deported from the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The pay of prisoners awaiting deportation is not liable to be used to help defray the expenses of deportation. Money (apart from pay) belonging to a prisoner awaiting deportation is applied to defray the expenses of deportation and maintenance of the prisoner and his dependants until their departure from the United Kingdom.
Land Byelaws
Mr. Boateng : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local authorities in England have adopted a byelaw prohibiting the occupation of land within 300 yd of any dwelling house so as to cause injury, disturbance or annoyance to those living in the house.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Our records indicate that, prior to 1969 when the Home Office ceased to offer it to local authorities, this model byelaw was adopted by the following local authorities in England and Wales :
Beaumaris borough council
Bedfordshire county council
Bristol city council
Cornwall county council
Edmonton borough council
Epsom and Ewell borough council.
Evesham borough council
Flint borough council
Flint county council
Glamorgan county council
Harrow borough council
Hendon borough council
Hertfordshire county council
Huntingdon borough council
Leicester county council
Middlesex county council
Rhondda borough council
Southall borough council
Southampton county council
Uxbridge borough council
Wembley borough council
Willesden borough council
Wisbech borough council
Yorkshire (North Riding) county council
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Police
Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the expenditure (a) per officer and (b) per 100,000 population (i) in total, (ii) on vehicles, (iii) on buildings and (iv) on communications for each year since 1979 for the South Wales, Thames Valley, Kent, Lancashire, Avon and Somerset and Hampshire police authority areas ; and what were the comparable totals for all non-metropolitan and Welsh non- metropolitan police authority areas.
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Mr. Charles Wardle : An answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the capital programmes for each year since 1979 for the South Wales, Thames Valley, Kent, Lancashire, Avon and Somerset and Hampshire police authority areas ; and what were the comparable totals for all non- metropolitan and Welsh non-metropolitan police authority areas.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested, which is available only from April 1990, is set out in the table.
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Capital Expenditure £ million
Authority |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95
(Provision)
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Avon and Somerset |8.010 |7.356 |6.097 |6.948 |10.359
Hampshire |1.523 |3.607 |3.747 |4.867 |4.311
Kent |1.532 |2.778 |3.751 |4.068 |3.672
Lancashire |2.654 |4.133 |5.908 |4.014 |4.607
South Wales |1.056 |3.795 |3.880 |4.053 |5.673
Thames Valley |7.325 |5.190 |5.283 |4.806 |4.681
All non-metropolitan |74.275 |97.759 |113.210 |116.147 |113.573
Welsh (non-metropolitan) |4.189 |10.771 |11.490 |12.190 |10.907
Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the number of (i) arrests and (ii) prosecutions (a) per officer and (b) per 100,000 population for each year since 1979 for the South Wales, Thames Valley, Kent, Lancashire, Avon and Somerset and
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Hampshire police authority areas ; and what were the comparable totals for all non-metropolitan and Welsh non- metropolitan police authority areas.Mr. Maclean : The available information is contained in the tables. Information on prosecutions prior to 1983 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Arrests for all types of offence
Police force area Total
non-metropolitan
|South |Thames |Kent |Lancashire|Avon and |Hampshire |England |Wales
|Wales |Valley |Somerset |and Wales |only
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Arrests per police officer
1979 |9 |13 |12 |11 |10 |14 |11
1980 |10 |13 |12 |12 |11 |14 |11 |11
1981 |11 |13 |13 |12 |12 |14 |12 |11
1982 |14 |15 |13 |12 |13 |14 |13 |13
1983 |15 |15 |13 |14 |12 |14 |13 |13
1984 |16 |14 |13 |16 |13 |14 |13 |15
1985 |17 |16 |14 |16 |13 |16 |14 |15
1986 |14 |14 |14 |15 |11 |16 |13 |13
1987 |15 |14 |16 |15 |12 |16 |13 |14
1988 |16 |14 |16 |16 |12 |17 |14 |15
1989 |17 |15 |16 |16 |13 |19 |15 |16
1990 |18 |16 |15 |18 |14 |20 |15 |17
1991 |18 |16 |15 |19 |12 |19 |15 |17
1992 |18 |15 |17 |19 |11 |19 |15 |17
Arrests per 100,000 population
1979 |2,236 |2,146 |2,324 |2,458 |2,211 |2,608 |2,205 |2,131
1980 |2,512 |2,234 |2,437 |2,881 |2,393 |2,668 |2,382 |2,451
1981 |2,764 |2,365 |2,528 |2,915 |2,669 |2,686 |2,482 |2,569
1982 |3,294 |2,598 |2,639 |2,885 |2,820 |2,806 |2,638 |2,879
1983 |3,503 |2,695 |2,590 |3,270 |2,782 |2,761 |2,708 |3,023
1984 |3,936 |2,620 |2,573 |3,618 |2,901 |2,719 |2,745 |3,316
1985 |4,090 |2,777 |2,783 |3,529 |2,947 |3,079 |2,835 |3,469
1986 |3,466 |2,522 |2,771 |3,347 |2,461 |3,024 |2,595 |2,999
1987 |3,626 |2,508 |3,119 |3,468 |2,601 |3,150 |2,774 |3,195
1988 |3,861 |2,589 |3,165 |3,696 |2,678 |3,271 |2,833 |3,384
1989 |4,042 |2,931 |3,108 |3,845 |2,822 |3,651 |3,037 |3,567
1990 |4,296 |3,015 |3,085 |4,115 |3,001 |3,768 |3,208 |3,775
1991 |4,363 |2,997 |3,146 |4,451 |2,768 |3,717 |3,269 |3,913
1992 |4,344 |2,998 |3,532 |4,422 |2,479 |3,630 |3,275 |3,955
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Persons proceeded against at magistrates courts for indictable offences
Police force area |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
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Prosecutions per police officer<1>
South Wales |6 |6 |6 |5 |6 |6 |5 |6 |6 |6
Thames Valley |4 |4 |4 |3 |3 |3 |3 |4 |4 |4
Kent |4 |3 |3 |3 |3 |3 |3 |3 |2 |2
Lancashire |5 |5 |5 |4 |5 |5 |4 |4 |4 |4
Avon and Somerset |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4
Hampshire |4 |4 |5 |5 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total non-metropolitan
England and Wales |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4 |4
Wales only |5 |5 |5 |5 |5 |5 |5 |5 |5 |5
Prosecutions per 100,000 population<1>
South Wales |1,363 |1,344 |1,366 |1,277 |1,365 |1,396 |1,237 |1,338 |1,446 |1,415
Thames Valley |738 |665 |648 |603 |608 |621 |588 |699 |713 |703
Kent |745 |665 |667 |631 |674 |626 |505 |571 |470 |490
Lancashire |1,143 |1,157 |1,139 |1,027 |1,105 |1,103 |959 |1,025 |1,004 |962
Avon and Somerset |895 |866 |933 |901 |871 |916 |808 |810 |844 |789
Hampshire |843 |842 |899 |867 |836 |842 |782 |815 |822 |792
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total non-metropolitan
England and Wales |906 |886 |887 |813 |855 |868 |790 |838 |869 |855
Wales only |1,171 |1,147 |1,152 |1,047 |1,154 |1,177 |1,072 |1,160 |1,173 |1,212
Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the number of incidents requiring police deployment (a) per officer and (b) per 100,000 population for each year since 1979 for the South Wales, Thames Valley, Kent, Lancashire, Avon and Somerset and
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Hampshire police authority areas ; and what were the comparable totals for all non-metropolitan and Welsh non- metropolitan police authority areas.Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested is not collected centrally.
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Prisons (Drugs)
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the currently available medical treatment for drug abuse within British prisons.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. A. Butler to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 18 January 1994 :
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about medical treatment for drug abuse currently available in British prisons.
In England and Wales policy and guidance on this is set out in Circular Instruction 12/1991 and the resource manual "Caring for Drug Users"--a copy of which is/has been placed in the House of Commons Library. This covers Provision of Detoxification, General Health Care, Management of Drug Induced Psychiatric State, Harm Minimisation, Longer Term Treatment, General Lifestyles, Work etc. and Pre-Release Work.
The Prison Service is currently developing a strategy for dealing with drug misuse in prisons which includes a review of existing policy and advice in this area.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many known drug addicts have been identified within prison establishments in each year since 1990.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. A. Butler to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 18 January 1994 :
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the number of known drug addicts in prisons for the years 1990 to 1993. The number of prisoners reported by prison medical officers to the Addicts Index at the Home Office as required by the Misuse of Drugs (Notification & Supply to Addicts) Regulations 1993 follows.
Year |Number --------------------- 1990 |1,420 1991 |1,747 1992 |2,586 Data for 1993 are not yet available.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many discoveries of (a) heroin, (b) cocaine and (c) cannabis were made by the Prison Service in each year since 1989.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. Lewis to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 18 January 1994 :
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The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about discoveries of heroin, cocaine and cannabis in the years 1989 to 1993.The following table shows the number of heroin, cocaine and cannabis finds from 1991 to 1993 reported to the Incident Management Support Unit of the Prison Service. Records prior to November 1990 are not held centrally.
|Heroin |Cocaine |Cannabis|Total
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1991 |72 |50 |2,333 |2,455
1992 |99 |65 |2,081 |2,245
1993 |156 |65 |3,371 |3,592
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of (a) men and (b) women serving prison sentences in England and Wales for drug offences who were not British nationals as at 10 January.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 18 January 1994 : DRUG OFFENCES
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what was the number of (a) men and (b) women serving prison sentences in England and Wales for drug offences who were not British nationals as at 10 January.
The latest available provisional information is for 30 September 1993. On that date 767 foreign nationals (of whom 623 were male and 144 female) were recorded centrally as being under sentence for drugs offences, excluding any where drugs offences were not the principal offence. These figures include those born outside the UK for whom a nationality was not recorded.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the availability of prescribed methadone maintenance and withdrawal programmes within British prisons.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. A. Butler to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 18 January 1994 :
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the availability of prescribed methadone maintenance and withdrawal programmes within British prisons.
In England and Wales policy and guidance relating to these matters are set out in Circular Instruction 12/1991 and the resource manual "Caring for Drug Users".
A detoxification programme should be offered, unless specifically contra- indicated, where a prisoner presents with signs of addiction which are verified by a prison medical officer. In the case of opiates a methadone detoxification programme is advised and details of suitable detoxification schedules are provided.
Current policy and advice is that methadone maintenance is not normally appropriate in prisons.
As with all medical treatment, decisions about individual treatment must be a matter for the clinical judgement of the doctor responsible.
The Prison Service is currently developing a strategy for dealing with drug misuse in prisons and is reviewing policy relating to methadone detoxification and maintenance as part of this work.
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Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison staff have been (a) suspended and (b) disciplined for the possession or alleged possession or importation of an unlawful drug into prison establishments annually from 1990.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director-General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. Lewis to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 18 January 1994 :
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the numbers of Prison Service staff who have been suspended and/or disciplined for the possession of drugs, or for trafficking drugs into or out of prison, since 1990.
The information available centrally is set out in the table below.
4
Year |Suspensions |Disciplinary
|action taken
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1990 |4 |3
1991 |5 |4
1992 |2 |1
1993 |1 |1
1994 |0 |0
|-- |--
Total |12 |9
There are three instances where disciplinary action was not taken. In two cases, the suspension was lifted when the members of staff involved were found not guilty of the criminal charges against them. In the remaining case the member of staff resigned before disciplinary action could be concluded.
Most of these cases concerned incidents away from the prison, and typically involve possession of small quantities of cannabis. In one case a member of staff was found guilty of possession of drugs and trafficking inside the prison.
Homosexual Prosecutions
Mr. Donald Anderson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have taken place in each of the past three years for which figures are available involving homosexual acts with those (a) under 18 years and (b) between 18 and 21 years.
Mr. Maclean : Available information on prosecutions under sections 12 and 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 1967, is given in the table.
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Number of sales prosecuted for various homosexual offences 1989-92
England and Wales
Offence |1990 |1991 |1992
description/age of
offender
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Sexual Offences Act 1966, Section 12 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 1967
Buggery, including attempt, with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman
or an animal |under 18 |38 |35 |23
|18 to 20 |13 |22 |19
|21+ |299 |267 |312
|--- |--- |---
|Total |350 |324 |354
Buggery, including attempt, by a man with a male person of the age of 16 or
over without consent |under 18 |3 |4 |-
|18 to 20 |3 |1 |2
|21+ |24 |26 |38
|--- |--- |---
|Total |30 |31 |40
Buggery, including attempt, by a man of the age of 21 or over with another
male person under the age of 21 with consent |under 18 |- |- |1
|18 to 20 |1 |2 |1
|21+ |9 |17 |12
|--- |--- |---
|Total |10 |19 |14
Buggery, including attempt, by a man with another male person other than
above |under 18 |2 |2 |4
|18 to 20 |2 |2 |2
|21+ |10 |11 |4
|--- |--- |---
|Total |14 |15 |10
Sexual Offences Act 1956 Section 13 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act
1967
Indecency by a man of the age of 21 or over with another male person under
the age of 21 |under 18 |10 |3 |2
|18 to 20 |15 |9 |10
|21+ |420 |182 |191
|--- |---- |---
|Total |445 |194 |203
Indecency by a man with another male person other than above |under 18 |10 |4 |5
|18 to 20 |38 |22 |16
|21+ |831 |594 |550
|--- |--- |---
|Total |879 |620 |571
Man of or over the age 21 procuring or attempting to procure or being party to
the commission by a man under 21 of an act of gross indecency with
another man |under 18 |- |- |-
|18 to 20 |- |- |-
|21+ |71 |19 |14
|--- |--- |---
|Total |71 |19 |14
Man procuring or attempting to procure or being party to the commission by a
man NOT under 21 of an act of gross indecency with another man |under 18 |2 |3 |-
|18 to 20 |11 |4 |2
|21+ |302 |217 |61
|--- |--- |---
|Total |315 |224 |63
Note: In some sections the defendant is under the legislative age; this may be due to a recording error or where attempting, conspiring, aiding, abetting,
causing or permitting a crime is classified under the heading of the crime itself.
Mr. George Howarth : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been taken out against men under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 involving a person (a) aged between 18 years and 21 years and (b) aged between 16 years and 18 years for each year since 1989.
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Mr. Maclean [holding answer 17 January 1994] : No prosecutions have been brought under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1967. This section amended earlier legislation to make lawful homosexual acts in private between consenting men aged 21 or above.
Available information on prosecutions under sections 12 and 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, which were the principal offences amended by the 1967 Act, are given in the table.
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Number of males prosecuted for various homosexual offences 1989-1992
England and Wales
Offence |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
description/age of
offender
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Sexual Offences Act 1956, Section 12 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 1967
Buggery, including attempt, with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman |under 16 |11 |18 |17 |7
or an animal |16 to 17 |16 |20 |18 |16
|18 to 20 |21 |13 |22 |19
|21+ |264 |299 |267 |312
|--- |--- |--- |---
|Total |312 |350 |324 |354
Buggery, including attempt, by a man with a male person of the age of 16 or |under 16 |- |- |- |-
over without consent |16 to 17 |1 |3 |4 |-
|18 to 20 |2 |3 |1 |2
|21+ |23 |24 |26 |38
|--- |--- |--- |---
Total |26 |30 |31 |40
Buggery, including attempt, by a man of the age of 21 or over with another male |under 16 |- |- |- |1
person under the age of 21 with consent |16 to 17 |- |- |- |-
|18 to 20 |2 |1 |2 |1
|21+ |6 |9 |17 |12
|--- |--- |--- |---
|Total |8 |10 |19 |14
Buggery, including attempt, by a man with another male person other than above |under 16 |- |1 |1 |3
|16 to 17 |- |1 |1 |1
|18 to 20 |1 |2 |2 |2
|21+ |22 |10 |11 |4
|--- |--- |--- |---
|Total |23 |14 |15 |10
Sexual Offences Act 1956 Section 13 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 1967
Indecency by a man of the age of 21 or over with another male person under |under 16 |1 |1 |1 |-
the age of 21 |16 to 17 |6 |9 |12 |2
|18 to 20 |13 |15 |9 |10
|21+ |384 |420 |182 |191
|--- |--- |--- |---
|Total |404 |445 |194 |203
Indecency by a man with another male person other than above |under 16 |1 |3 |2 |-
|16 to 17 |13 |7 |2 |5
|18 to 20 |41 |38 |22 |16
|21+ |1,258 |831 |594 |550
|--- |--- |--- |---
|Total |1,313 |879 |620 |571
Man of or over the age of 21 procuring or attempting to procure or being party to the |under 16 |- |- |- |-
commission by a man under 21 of an act of gross indecency with another man |16 to 17 |2 |- |- |-
|18 to 20 |7 |- |- |-
|21+ |89 |71 |19 |14
|--- |--- |--- |---
|Total |98 |71 |19 |14
Man procuring or attempting to procure or being party to the commission by a man |under 16 |- |1 |1 |-
NOT under 21 of an act of gross indecency with another man |16 to 17 |3 |1 |2 |-
|18 to 20 |8 |11 |4 |2
|21+ |315 |302 |217 |61
|--- |--- |--- |---
|Total |326 |315 |224 |63
Note: In some sections the defendant is under the legislative age; this may be due to a recording error or where attempting, conspiring, aiding,
abetting, causing or permitting a crime is classified under the heading of the crime itself.
Ethnic Minority Prisoners
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the percentage of prison inmates, (a) men and (b) women, being held in prisons in England and Wales who are of an ethnic minority background but are citizens of the United Kingdom as at 10 January.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated18 January 1994 : ETHNIC MINORITIES
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what is the percentage of prison inmates, (a) men and (b) women, being held in prisons in England and Wales who are of an ethnic minority background but are citizens of the United Kingdom, as at 10 January.
The latest available provisional information is for prisoners in Prison Service establishments on 30 September 1993. On that date 11 per cent. of males and 11.5 per cent. of females were of minority ethnic origin and were recorded as having United Kingdom nationality.
Ethnic Minority Pupils
Mrs. Anne Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many children in British schools come from new Commonwealth countries ;
(2) how many extra children in British schools will be included in the new section 11 brief to include all members of ethnic minorities.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Information is not held centrally in the form requested and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.
Immigration (Carriers Liability) Act 1987
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding the Immigration (Carriers Liability) Act 1987 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Charles Wardle : In 1993, representations regarding the Immigration (Carriers Liability) Act 1987 concerned primarily the decision not to extend the provisions of the Act to channel tunnel services and the direct airside transit visa provision which was added by the
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