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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 28 October 2025
Debate
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillContribution
We are tying this requirement not merely to activity but to measured progress in the reduction of crime. Collaboration with our European partners is, as a result, rigorously monitored for its effectiveness in achieving the stated objectives of the Bill: to disrupt criminal networks and secure our borders. I am afraid that at this stage we on these Benches cannot support Amendments 1 and 2. Amendment 1 seeks to remove the requirement for the Border Security Commander to be a civil servant. The line of the Bill in question here is:
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