§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn)Official Report, 15 March, column 231, exceptional and compelling circumstances which would warrant the Minister deferring removal include (a) a mistake and (b) a misrepresentation of a relevant fact by an immigration officer; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RentonAs I said in reply to a question by the hon. Member for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn) on 15 March at column231, the examples given in the guidelines introduced on 3 January are not exclusive but are illustrative of the sort of circumstances which would justify deferment of removal. A right hon. or hon. Member may contact my private office (or, out of working hours, the Home Office duty officer) in any case where he believes that the immigration service has wrongly refused to defer removal on the basis of exceptional and compelling circumstances.