HC Deb 22 May 2000 vol 350 c355W
17. Mr. Peter Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress is being made in checking heavy goods vehicles for illegal would-be immigrants seeking to enter this country. [121548]

Mrs. Roche

The Immigration Service has increased the number of checks on vehicles entering the United Kingdom. These checks support the civil penalty provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, which were recently implemented.