The hon. Gentleman is being naïve. He talks about research, but nobody is sentenced to prison for 12 months for not paying their council tax, smoking cannabis or fly-tipping, although given our environmental problems, it would be good if they were for the latter. Let him give the House a single example of one council tax defaulter or cannabis smoker who has been given 12 months in prison and then he can make his case.
UK Borders Bill
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David TC Davies
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 May 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on UK Borders Bill.
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