HC Deb 30 March 1999 vol 328 cc607-8W
Mr. Cawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he intends to introduce tape recording of asylum interviews. [79769]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

I have decided to pilot tape recording of asylum interviews. Some interviews, at ports and in Croydon should be tape recorded from May. A report on the pilot, including its impact on the Immigration Appellate Authority, is planned for the New Year.