Member

I appreciate that there are Members in this House who question why this amendment is necessary. As my noble Friend Lord Jackson said in the other place, when he sought to obtain information from the Government on the number of foreign students who had their visas revoked and had been deported because of criminal activity, he faced a series of non-answers from the Department. The Minister representing the Government on Report acknowledged that without proper information on that and a number of other matters, it is very difficult to have an informed public debate.