Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What support his Department provides to local authority schemes to reduce levels of violent crime.”
Tabled: 16 April 2018Answered: 30 April 2018
Asked by
Bambos Charalambous
Labour — Southgate and Wood Green
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Yvette Cooper)
Small boat crossings undermine border security and put lives at risk. The criminal gangs have adapted their tactics to exploit French rules that prevent the authorities from intervening in French waters. The French Minister of the Interior and I agree that this needs to change. He has instigated a major maritime review to change tactics and operations, and we want to see these changes in place as soon as possible.