HC Deb 01 February 1979 vol 961 c500W
Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what actions have been recommended by his Department concerning the admission to the United Kingdom of individuals who are known to have committed crimes of violence as visitors or as potential immigrants.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The immigration rules provide that, unless there are strong compassionate reasons, leave to enter the United Kingdom should be refused to passengers—other than wives or children under 18 of people settled here—who have been convicted anywhere of an extradition crime. I have no proposals for changing those provisions.