Extract from second reading debate (Commons) (day 2) of the Nationality and Borders Bill - July 20
Wednesday, 21 July 2021 07:36
Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian) (Alba):...Similarly, on those who
are coming in and seeking to feign marriages and whatever else,
that is about co-ordination with registrars and local authorities,
not seeking to grandstand and say, “We’re bringing in fantastic new
laws.” At the end of the day, laws work only if we have the
co-ordination, the force and the resources. That is why we must
ensure that the National Crime Agency Police Scotland, police
services south of the border and, indeed,...Request free trial
(East Lothian)
(Alba):...Similarly, on those who are coming in and seeking
to feign marriages and whatever else, that is about co-ordination
with registrars and local authorities, not seeking to grandstand
and say, “We’re bringing in fantastic new laws.” At the end of the
day, laws work only if we have the co-ordination, the force and the
resources. That is why we must ensure that the National Crime Agency Police
Scotland, police services south of the border and, indeed, across
Northern Ireland, and all other organisations—both civil and in the
legal process—are working. That is what needs to be done, not
simply to look tough...
...With regard to serious and organised crime, certainly in
Scotland, and I think through the NCA, it has
already been mapped. We know who it is; what we require to do is to
work against them. With regard to those coming in, that comes back
to the recently departed Donald Rumsfeld. There are known knowns.
There are a lot of people that we know are active in
people-trafficking gangs. There are others that we do not. It is
about police resource and police intelligence; that is how we deal
with it, not by compounding the hardship upon people who are
already suffering...
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