EU: Visa-free Short-term Travel Mobility

Lord McColl of Dulwich Excerpts

Wednesday 21st October 2020 Lords Chamber

[Lord True (Con)]

My Lords, the original Question was about visa-free and short-term travel; tourism is certainly germane to the Question and I am sorry if that was unsatisfactory to the noble Baroness. I have referred to our efforts on short-term visits in relation to business activities. Our offer on mode 4 is extremely generous and we continue to impress on EU negotiators that the agreement we are proposing is very much in their workers’ interests as well as our own.

[Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con) [V]]

My Lords, what efforts are Her Majesty’s Government making to ensure that the visa-free short-term travel arrangements will not be used by traffickers to get their victims into the UK, because it looks as though there will be no effective checks at the borders?

[Lord True (Con)]

My Lords, I assure the noble Lord that the UK authorities will remain eternally vigilant against this bestial criminal activity.