Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent Review of Border Force by Alexander Downer, published in July 2022, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Border Force in tackling the issue of small boats arriving on UK shores.

The Government takes seriously the issue of illegal migration, and is particularly determined to stop the dangerous, unnecessary and illegal crossings made in small boats.

Advice will be provided to the Home Secretary upon which she can make a judgment on progressing the recommendations within the Downer review in due course.