Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab)
Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 October 2026
Debate
National Crime Agency: People Smuggling and Drug DealingContribution
More from Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab)
Other recent Hansard contributions by the same speaker.
As I said before, the National Crime Agency has been excellent on global co-operation, particularly with Interpol. We are also working on a bilateral basis with European countries to strengthen not on
12 October 2026·National Crime Agency: People Smuggling and Drug DealingI thank the noble Viscount for his question. I suggest that he read the Home Secretary’s press release earlier this week, which addressed exactly that. We are tackling this and we have made arrests re
12 October 2026·National Crime Agency: People Smuggling and Drug DealingThe right reverend Prelate has answered her own question: we are working across Whitehall in exactly the way she describes. Where we need additional legislative support to achieve that, we have legisl
12 October 2026·National Crime Agency: People Smuggling and Drug DealingOne of the things we have to understand about these crime gangs is that illegal immigration into this country has occurred through a number of different routes. Obviously, the Question is focused on b
12 October 2026·National Crime Agency: People Smuggling and Drug DealingThe first thing this Government did was to introduce Border Security Command. It works with the National Crime Agency, which is a United Kingdom agency that co-operates with agencies across the world
12 October 2026·National Crime Agency: People Smuggling and Drug DealingIn my previous response I alluded to how important international co-operation is, not least on migration crime and gangs but also on drugs. We have seen success and we are co-ordinating with countries
12 October 2026·National Crime Agency: People Smuggling and Drug Dealing
About Hansard
Hansard is the official verbatim record of proceedings in the UK Parliament. Every word spoken in the Commons and Lords is recorded and published — this page is a single contribution from that record.