I simply do not agree with the hon. Gentleman and, if the polling is to be believed, neither do the British people. Most people in this country do not agree with that characterisation of our pilot. It was clearly aimed at people who have no right to be in the country, not at British citizens or people who are here lawfully. We were asking people who were here illegally to leave the country. We are running a pilot and we will look at its results to decide whether or not it should be rolled out. I simply do not agree with him, and I do not think the British public do either.
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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