§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what redress is available to visitors detained at airports but eventually allowed entry in respect of false imprisonment; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 20 January 1994]: Paragraph 16 of schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 provides that a person who may be required to submit to examination may be detained under the authority of an immigration officer pending his examination and pending a decision to give or refuse him leave to enter. It is open to anyone who considers that he has been falsely imprisoned to sue for damages.