§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to seek to amend the immigration rules or the Immigration Act 1971.
§ Mr. WaddingtonAs my right hon. Friend announced on 23 January, at column274 the Government intend to introduce legislation in the lifetime of this Parliament to the effect that an offence of overstaying is committed on the day when the overstayer first knows that his leave has expired and that it continues to be committed throughout any period during which he remains in the United Kingdom thereafter.
567WAs my right hon. and learned Friend, the then Secretary of State told the House on 23 July 1985, at column 894 the Government intend to introduce legislation to put an end to the sexually discriminatory features of section 1(5) of the Immigration Act 1971 in a way that preserves the Government's commitment to firm immigration control.
The Government have at present no plans to amend the immigration rules, but all immigration control arrangements are kept under continuous re-examination.