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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

My Lords, absolutely. This would not apply to travel between, say, England, Scotland and Wales. As I am sure that the noble Lord is aware, however, we are coming up on the issue of the common travel area. The Republic of Ireland and ourselves are keen that we should have this e-Borders capability, and the Irish will have a similar thing for our people going there for exactly the same reasons: being able to ensure that there is no trafficking or criminal activity, and that there are no people trying to get around our immigration laws or terrorist events. Apart from that, within Great Britain, this would not apply.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
709 c693-4 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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