 "We don t make laws, we only carry them out". Despite the Home Secretary s abolition of all exit visa appeals, Kyle has successfully helped Doctor Vickers leave the United Kingdom, but without his wife and daughter. He invests his hopes in the international law which states that his family can join him, provided he can attain residency status in another country. However, the Public Control Department are determined to exercise any legal loophole at their disposal to block Vickers  efforts, and in so doing put paid to Kyle s interference - permanently.