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Question for short debate on Tuesday, 20 April 2004, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Harris of Richmond. The answering member was Baroness Scotland of Asthal.

Lords debate on unstarred question, further to the report from the Select Committee on the European Union, 'Fighting illegal immigration: should carriers carry the burden?' (HL 29 2003/04), whether the draft directive requiring air and sea carriers to transmit data on all their passengers to border control authorities in advance of travel will contribute effectively to curbing illegal immigration without resulting in disproportionate costs for carriers and disruption for passengers

Lords debate on unstarred question, further to the report from the Select Committee on the European Union, 'Fighting illegal immigration: should carriers carry the burden?' (HL 29 2003/04), whether the draft directive requiring air and sea carriers to transmit data on all their passengers to border control authorities in advance of travel will contribute effectively to curbing illegal immigration without resulting in disproportionate costs for carriers and disruption for passengers.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
660 c219-35 
Session
2003-04
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Compensation Data protection Databases Crime prevention Costs Airlines Fraud EU countries Immigration controls Undocumented migrants Documents EU action National security Organised crime Parliamentary scrutiny Passengers Proof of identity Travel Terrorism European Union Committee Impact assessments