§ Mr. GogginsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the contribution of immigration checks to the detection of illegal immigrants. [34168]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienExperience has shown that it is highly ineffective and wasteful of resources to use such checks as a means of pursuing inquiries in individual cases. For many years now, and to much greater effect, enforcement inquiries have been intelligence based.