Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on cooperation with Ireland on matters under the Joint Statement Regarding Co-Operation on Measures to Secure the External Common Travel Area Border.

The Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangement pre-dates the EU and we remain committed to it. In recent days the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach have reiterated their intention for both countries to work together to maintain the CTA. A meeting between UK and Ireland senior officials has taken place, reinforcing the excellent government and operational level cooperation that already exists.