Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the Royal Navy’s capacity to intercept small boats in the Channel carrying people seeking unlawful entry to the UK.

The Home Office is the lead gGvernment department responsible for border security and migration.

It has established the Border Security Command to strengthen global partnerships and enhance the UK’s efforts to investigate, arrest, and prosecute people smugglers profiting from the dangerous movement of people across the channel.

Defence assets are procured for Defence tasks.