Anne Main questions Minister over border protection

31st October 2016

Following reports over the weekend of the introduction of the Jetstream 41 Turboprop plane to protect the UK, Anne questioned the minister on how the plane being introduced was to help control the UK’s coastal borders.

Back in June, the St Albans MP uncovered that the UK had only 3 patrols boats covering 8,000 miles. The government has since taken action to police the coastal border from the sky by a new plane which will help monitor illegal migrant “hot spots” and crack down on smuggling gangs.

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con)

Many of my constituents would like illegal immigration stamped out, as well as there to be monitoring of how much migration there is. I was pleased to hear on the weekend reports of a Jetstream 41 turboprop plane being brought in to help control our borders. Will the Minister tell the House a little more about what he is hoping to achieve with that?

Mr Goodwill

We are determined to prevent illegal migration, from whatever route it comes. That can be through people getting on vehicles coming through the channel crossings, or through general aviation or general maritime routes. We are determined to clamp down on all of those.

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