I said it's impossible to have an amnesty without ID cards and a clean database, because you firstly don't have any incentives for people to actually come up front and register, and make themselves available, and secondly you have no means of tracking them.

But any perception of this application being speeded up requires me to take responsibility.

I regret the time and resources needed to undertake this but... it is right to lay this accusation to rest.

I said it's impossible to have an amnesty without ID cards and a clean database, because you firstly don't have any incentives for people to actually come up front and register, and make themselves available, and secondly you have no means of tracking them.

I personally guarantee that now that bear wouldn't get past Dover without being shot.

None of us believe countering terrorism is about party politics

I have always been honest about my recollection of events.