Without wishing to detract in any way from the terrible situation to which the noble Baroness has so brilliantly spoken, does she have any statistics on how many of these people come here from Europe through the European open border? Would it not be easier for this country—which is, after all, an island—to police its borders more effectively if we had control of those borders? I suspect that the majority of these people come through from other countries in the European Union.
European Union Bill
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Lord Pearson of Rannoch
(UK Independence Party)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 3 May 2011.
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and
Debate on bills on European Union Bill.
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