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Border Force

Proceeding contribution from Mark Harper (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 4 September 2013. It occurred during Urgent question on Border Force.

I can assure the hon. Gentleman of that. I make it very clear on my visits, as does the director-general, that we must deal with both those challenges—people crossing the border and freight. As I said in response to the shadow Home Secretary, there was no suspension of freight checks at Calais. We adopt a multi-layered approach. Even when Border Force officers are not searching vehicles, the staff at the port and our contractors are doing so. I am confident that there are proper checks on people coming into the United Kingdom, and proper intelligence-led checks on freight and goods as well.

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Reference

567 c324 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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