Calais: Border Management Debate

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Department: Home Office

Calais: Border Management

Baroness Masham of Ilton Excerpts
Wednesday 24th June 2015

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bates Portrait Lord Bates
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I tried to give one; I accept that it might not have been adequate. I was simply making the point that we would prefer the boat people to be recorded and registered in Italy, as is specified under the Dublin regulations.

Baroness Masham of Ilton Portrait Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB)
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My Lords, is there not a risk of contamination of vegetables and food coming into this country when lorries are held up and contaminated with people?

Lord Bates Portrait Lord Bates
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That is a fair point. My noble friend Lord Taylor, the Chief Whip, has mentioned that a lot of that food goes to waste, which is an unfortunate and sad by-product of the industrial action which took place.