§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 28 November,Official Report, column 667, if he will 731W make it his policy to record the dates on which visitors to the United Kingdom leave the country. [3791]
§ Mr. KirkhopeNo. A comprehensive system which matches arrival and embarkation records would not be a cost-effective way to operate immigration control. A more targeted approach in co-operation with the police and other agencies has proved to be a more successful way to detect and deal with people here unlawfully.