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Migrants: Detainees

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 December 2024UIN 19867

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a maximum 28 days statutory time limit for immigration detention.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I would like to refer the Honourable Member to the written answer I gave to the Honourable Member for Stroud on 29 November 2024 (UIN 15894).

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