Let me just finish the point, then I will of course take an intervention.

No, I do not. The Migration Advisory Committee—the clue is in the name—provides advice to the Government.

My right hon. Friend is exactly right.

Let me just finish the point, then I will of course take an intervention.

That is a very good question because it provides me with the opportunity to say one or two words about the Government’s proposals for the

Opposition Members always find this tiresome—although it tends to be ones from the official Opposition—but the hon.

First of all, I make no apologies for wanting people who are in the United Kingdom illegally to go back to their countries of origin.

Opposition Members always find this tiresome—although it tends to be ones from the official Opposition—but the hon.

My right hon. Friend is exactly right.

Let me just finish the point, then I will of course take an intervention.