(Sheffield Central) (Lab): Frankly, we are at a
stage of this process where empty reassurances and dodging
questions just will not do. Earlier this week, the president of
the Police Superintendents Association said that
without this access, information sharing will be “less
effective”, and highlighted his concern about the implications
for policing and security. So let me try again. At the Home
Affairs Committee on 4 November, the Under-Secretary of State for
the Home Department, the hon. Member for Torbay (), was asked repeatedly by the Chair to state which
real-time system will be available for Border Force to identify
foreign criminals, without access to SIS II. Repeatedly, the
Minister was unable to give an answer, so can the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster simply answer that question?
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the
Cabinet Office (): Yes, of course; it is the case that Border Force will
be in a stronger position to be able to detect a
criminal—[Interruption.] Well, if the hon. Gentleman keeps asking
the same question, I will give him the same answer, which is that
Border Force will be able, through the deployment of safety and
security declarations, to have a more effective means of
monitoring organised criminals. The truth is that when we take
back control of our borders, we enhance our ability to deal with
criminality.
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