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UK Borders Bill

There is only one thing that I feel I must add to what has already been said. Considering the debate that we had on the previous amendment, where we were talking about the interoperability of services at ports of entry and the exchange of roles between the Immigration Service on one hand and customs and the police on the other, it is even more important than it would previously have been for us to know what kind of training these people are to have. They will be asked to do a wide variety of jobs which are not necessarily within the sphere of the Immigration Service. At times, they may be called upon, as part of the joint teams with customs, to look at freight wagons for illegal entrants. Under the Bill, they will have powers which were formerly exercisable only by the police. Will the training given to those officers include any knowledge of the functions of Customs and Revenue and the police respectively? If the noble Lord cannot answer that this afternoon, perhaps he could write to us so that we can return to the point later, if necessary.