Lin HomerChief ExecutiveUnited Kingdom Border AgencyHome Office2 Marsham StreetLondonSW1P 4DFBY POSTFAX 0870 33 69 050 andEMAIL lin.homer@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk17th September, 2009Dear Ms Homer,

Regarding the Employmentof Loloahi Tapui by Baroness Scotland

I am writing to report the Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal, PC, QCin regard to heremployment of the Tongan national Loloahi Tapui as her housekeeper and this morning'sadmission by Baroness Scotland to the Daily Mail newspaper that Ms Tapui had overstayedher visa and subsequently was working illegally until yesterday.The law on preventing illegal working in the United Kingdom is quite clear and althoughSection 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 had an amendment for new EuropeanUnion accession countries added on 1st May 2004, the law for those outside the EuropeanUnion remained the same.Indeed as a citizen of Tonga Miss Loloahi Tapui applied for astudent visa in 2003 which entitled her to work legally, but her application a year later wasturned down and she was told to leave the United Kingdom.This would mean she wouldhave had no legal paperwork. As you well know it is a requirement under Section 8 of theAsylum and Immigration Act 1996 for all new employers to check

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