Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
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(14 years, 4 months ago)
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Baroness Neville-Jones
We agree that it is extraordinarily important that passports should have adequate security, and we believe that British passports with the single facial recognition biometric will achieve those standards. There are actually a number of countries other than the United Kingdom that do not have plans to introduce a second biometric.
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Can the Minister say whether, over the next three years, the e-Border workforce will increase, stay the same or decrease? If it is to be decreased, what level of performance will be affected?
Baroness Neville-Jones
My Lords, I am unable to answer that question—I came here to talk about biometric passports—but I will write to the noble Lord.