Biometric Passports Debate

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Department: Home Office

Biometric Passports

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Excerpts
Tuesday 13th July 2010

(14 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Neville-Jones Portrait Baroness Neville-Jones
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That is indeed an issue, but we do not believe that maintaining the fingerprint database of the country will help the problem. However, we do have to combat passport fraud.

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Portrait Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
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Will the Minister be kind enough to answer the question from my noble friend on the Front Bench and remind us which Government removed the exit controls at borders?

Baroness Neville-Jones Portrait Baroness Neville-Jones
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The exit controls were removed quite some time ago, well before 9/11.