Member

The noble Lord, Lord Jackson—supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, and the noble Lord, Lord Harper—has sought to amend Amendment 166 and to put some caveats in it. I am not commenting on whether that is good or bad; I am trying to say to the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, and his colleagues that I do not want to accept the principle of Amendment 166 as a whole. The noble Lord’s tweaks and amendments are potentially worthy of discussion; we can debate that in due course. I would argue that the border security Bill as a whole, under the functions of the border commander, sets out clear demands on the effectiveness of our partner authorities relating to threats to border security, minimising such threats and maximising co-ordination to secure our borders. I would say that that is already in the Bill, and the intentions that he has are in the Bill.