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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Ludford (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 25 July 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on National Security.

National Security

My Lords, it is welcome news that the Government are finally going to link up our terrorist watch list to the Interpol database of stolen passports, given the robust criticism from the director of Interpol a couple of weeks ago about our consistent failure to do that. However, we have other failures in information exchange. I recently learnt that the DVLA is refusing to exchange vehicle registration details with its EU counterparts. Perhaps the Minister would look into that. The Minister also referred to EU access and exchange of immigration data, but the UK is not allowed to access Schengen information system data on persons to be refused entry because we are not in the Schengen zone, as has been brought out in a Lords EU Select Committee report. Will the Government not at least develop some long-term strategy and express an intention regarding the Schengen zone, with caveats about secure external borders, to perhaps advance our access to the Schengen immigration data?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
694 c808 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Admissibility of evidence Biometrics Detainees Deportation Customs Community relations Citizenship Borders EU countries Electronic surveillance Intelligence services Immigration controls Identity cards Emergency powers International cooperation Foreign nationals Intelligence and Security Committee National security Police Prisoners Terrorism Travel restrictions Television Visas BBC World Service Iran Rendition al Qaeda INTERPOL Joint Intelligence Committee Overseas broadcasting National Security Committee Arabic
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