UK Trade with EU

(asked on 10th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to mitigate the risk of goods being smuggled into the UK from the EU from 1 January 2021 as a result of the phased introduction to border controls.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 17th July 2020

The UK has now left the EU, providing a once in a generation opportunity to take back control and strengthen the security of the UK border.

In December, the Government announced a plan to strengthen our border security. This included introducing the collection of pre-arrival goods data to stop smuggling and reduce £5 billion revenue leakage, the power to stop EU criminals at the border once we have ended free movement, the phasing out the use of European ID cards that are regularly used fraudulently given their insecurity compared to passports as well as introducing Electronic Travel Authorisation to provide an enhanced ability to screen arrivals and block threats from entering the UK.

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