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Adam Afriyie
MP for Windsor
Caring for people through
freedom, enterprise, and strong defence.
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Articles and Speeches
Home
Office Shambles
26-May-06, Windsor
Express Article.
I very much doubt you will have
missed the headlined failures at the Home Office over the
last few weeks.
Foreign prisoners have been allowed
to remain in this country and to re-offend. Prisoners have
escaped and avoided recapture and there have been
allegations of demands for sex in exchange for visas.
When it has also been revealed that
thousands of inaccurate records are kept by the Criminal
Records Bureau, it is little wonder that people – and the
Home Secretary in particular - have lost confidence that the
Home Office is fit for purpose.
The troubles were brought home to me
this week when I was contacted by a distressed resident. She
had been branded a criminal by the Criminal Records Bureau
and had been refused jobs by several employers.
The irony is that, having never been
in trouble with the police, she had no idea that this was
the cause of her rejection for several highly desirable
jobs.
It is unacceptable that after 9
years, there are still systemic failures at the Home Office.
It is completely unacceptable that innocent law-abiding
people are suffering as a result.
Unsurprisingly the fourth new Home
Secretary has also promised to sort out the mess – I shall
certainly hold him to account in Parliament for the sake of
hard-working Brits who deserve better than the current
shambles. |
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I
believe...
People are happier when making their own decisions.
Business is the engine of the economy that generates our
jobs, incomes and taxes.
Government should not interfere in our lives beyond
protecting and defending us.
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