UK Borders Bill

Of course the training and support for immigration officers in the task allocated to them is essential and I very much support the previous remarks. The case has been forcefully and effectively argued by the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, and other noble Lords. I would not like it to be felt that this was an exclusive concern of the Cross-Bench and Liberal Democrat Peers. I know that I am not alone by a very long chalk and assure my noble friend that many noble Lords on the Labour Benches feel every bit as strongly as noble Lords who have spoken. I warmly thank the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, for his amendment, wish him well with it, and urge on my noble friend the paramount importance of taking it seriously, replying as fully as he can this afternoon and, as this Grand Committee procedure enables him to do, going away and considering in depth the points that have been made and how the Government might respond to them.