§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what constitutes a joint operation as referred to in his reply to the hon. Member for Orpington (Mr. Stanbrook) on 12 December 1980, Official Report, c. 844; and how many joint operations have been carried out by the immigration service and the police to apprehend people in the United Kingdom in breach of immigration laws in 1981 and in the first half of 1982 or at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. RaisonThe joint operations to which my right hon. Friend referred were major operations, as opposed to routine ones which most often involve the interview of only one person. Six such joint operations have been carried out since 1 January 1981.