Brexit: Border Control Debate
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Lord Leigh of Hurley
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Brexit: Border Control
Lord Leigh of Hurley Excerpts(6 years ago)
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Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con)
My Lords, if we are to change the number of border officers, will the Minister consider changing the passenger survey method of counting immigration, which currently asks 0.6% of people arriving in this country whether they are tourists or immigrants? The answers are not verified, and the statistics produced do not tally with other statistics such as national insurance costs.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
My noble friend is absolutely right to raise the issue of getting better and richer statistical data. For the last few years we have been introducing exit checks, which add to the picture of what our immigration and emigration system looks like.