UK Borders Bill

My understanding is that there will be about 1,000 designated officers. On the noble Lord’s point about Amendment No. 6, we think that we have the balance about right in the way in which we have set out our standard operating procedures. Ultimately that is a judgment with which people will agree or disagree. I suggest that the noble Lord take the opportunity of seeing whether he thinks that the procedures fairly reflect what I have said. We do not want to be over-encumbered with bureaucracy, but we recognise and accept that there need to be acceptable levels of recording and lines of accountability.