Baroness Manzoor
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EU Borders: Hand and Face Scanning
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Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
The first thing it will do will be to ease traffic. I imagine that will be of enormous benefit to the people of Dover.
Baroness Manzoor (Con)
My Lords, on something that is in our control, and being very much an optimist, I was delighted just recently when I applied for my new passport. I expected it to take weeks or months and that there would be lots of delays. I was pleasantly surprised that I could do it electronically. I turned up to the Passport Office and got the passport in five minutes. That is a tremendous accolade to the Passport Office. I just want to put that on record.
Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
I thank my noble friend for that. That is a long-overdue compliment to the passport service, which has been operating extraordinarily efficiently now for quite some time. I remember there was a lot of disquiet on Opposition Benches post Covid about how long it took to square off the backlog. I have not heard any commendations for its recent very strong performance.