§ Mr. Robert Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why, in the case of a foreigner convicted before a British court, sentenced to imprisonment and recommended for subsequent deportation, he does not always duly confirm the deportation order at the commencement of the prison sentence so that it takes effect without further opportunity for appeal immediately on release from prison.
§ Mr. RaisonEvery effort is made to reach a decision on a court's recommendation for deportation well before the earliest possible date of the person's release from imprisonment. Before the deportation order can be signed, however, the time allowed for an appeal to be made against the recommendation must have elapsed, and all the circumstances of the282W case must be considered in the Home Office. Orders cannot therefore be made at the commencement of the sentence. Once a deportation order has been signed, the subject of it has a right of appeal under the Immigration Act 1971 only against destination.