People came [to the UK] without passports, just ID cards. When we talk today about ‘Something’s got to happen’: ‘Well, it will take an Act of Parliament, it’s got to go through the Lords, It’s got to…’ If you get something through in 6 months you’ve done a miracle. But this was in 6 weeks. It’s been said before & I do mention it as often as I can, because I’m very proud of the British government of that day, to have acted so rapidly, when it was needed to act rapidly.
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