§ Mr. ColemanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been under section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1995; and how many have resulted in convictions. [70735]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienSection 8 of the 1996 Act came into force in January 1997. No prosecutions were brought in either that year or in 1998.
Our general approach towards the enforcement of this section remains as in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Fiona Mactaggart) on 27 October 1998, Official Report, column 119.