UK Border Force

Paul Goggins Excerpts

Monday 7th November 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

I thank my hon. Friend for her question. We will, indeed, be pressing ahead with the establishment of a border policing command inside the National Crime Agency. I am also pleased to be able to tell the House that the new chief executive of UKBA, Rob Whiteman, who has been in place for five weeks, has already done a lot of work in assessing what changes are required to ensure UKBA staff operate the maximum level of security.

[Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab)]

Can the Home Secretary confirm that all airports, including Manchester, were included in the pilot? If so, can she confirm whether those who run Manchester airport and the airlines that operate there were made aware of the pilot?

[Mrs May]

I do not believe that Manchester was included in the pilot, but I will, of course, check that I am right about that because—