Small Boat Crossings Debate

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Department: Home Office

Small Boat Crossings

Andrew Snowden Excerpts
Wednesday 6th November 2024

(2 days, 3 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle
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Yes, but the House has to have patience. There are no magic wands to wave in this policy area, and there are no fantasy policies now that we have got rid of the Rwanda scheme. There is hard, day-to-day operational work to try to get the system that we inherited—which is in complete chaos, with huge backlogs—back into some kind of order, so that we can run it properly, fairly and efficiently. That is what we are focusing on.

Andrew Snowden Portrait Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde) (Con)
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I recently listened to an interview with a retired former inspector of borders and immigration, who was responding to the Government’s announcements. He outlined his concerns about the impact of the measures on their own, without an effective deterrent, and about how the Government will measure their success—the percentage or volume by which they want to see small boat crossings reduced after the announcements. What percentage reduction in small boat crossings would the Government view as success?