I do not think the hon. Gentleman reflects the views of the public in the way that he characterises those vans. The majority of people in this country want a very robust stance. Asking people who have no right to be in the UK—who are here unlawfully, taking the mickey out of everyone else—to go home, as they should do, rather than forcing the taxpayer to spend up to £15,000 on arresting, detaining and enforcing their removal, is a very sensible thing to do, and I am not going to apologise for it.
Border Force
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Harper
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 4 September 2013.
It occurred during Urgent question on Border Force.
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