Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Eric Forth (Conservative). It was answered on Monday, 10 October 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Border security

Question: When is the Minister going to move on from review and waffle to action? All that he gives us is the usual old story that we have come to expect from this Government and from his Department: endless reviews and endless excuses. When will the people of this country be reassured that they can be safe from intrusion by people whom we do not want here and who should not be here?

Answer: They will not be reassured by repeating what the Conservative Government did in replacing embarkation controls with nothing in 1994. E-borders and our border management programme are a reality that is being implemented as we speak. We have in place an airline liaison network that is second to none, which is starting to address the problem, long before there is any incursion, on an international basis—something that is being repeated in other countries throughout the world. What is being done is being done now. I shall leave waffle and inaction to the right hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends.

Secondary information

Type: Oral question
Reference: 437 c3
Session: 2005-06
Oral question type: Supplementary
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Border security
Monday, 10 October 2005
Oral questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Borders Immigration controls
Link: View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk