Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle smuggling and trafficking at British ports.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Border Force works closely with other law enforcement agencies, including the National Crime Agency and Police, to combat suspected human trafficking and people smuggling and to target and disrupt those who would attempt to smuggle prohibited and restricted goods such as firearms and illegal drugs in to the UK.