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HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlI certainly agree with my noble friend. It is clear that we have an ongoing dialogue with the French on many issues, particularly in the department for which I appear. I entirely…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlI am sure the noble Lord will bring me back to answer questions about it.28 Feb 2023HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlAs my noble friend will recall, the agreement at the time of the implementation of the Channel Tunnel was an international one between the United Kingdom and the French Republic.…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlI thank the noble Lord for that question. He is of course right that Eurostar trains no longer stop at those intermediate stations to take international passengers. I am not sure…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlI am afraid that that question is a very long way from the Question about steps to increase the flow of passengers through the border control at Eurostar, and the Companion is…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlI of course differ from the noble Lord on the quality of the research carried out by my officials: I am satisfied that I have correctly answered the questions.28 Feb 2023HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlI can confirm to my noble friend that the Home Office takes seriously its duties to review the ethics of the biometrics that are retained. That is definitely on our radar as we…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlAs the noble Baroness will be aware, the European scheme requires people in advance to obtain these authorisations and to deposit the biometrics. It is not anticipated that this…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlI simply do not recognise the noble Lord’s characterisation. Border Force has deployed in Paris e-gates which, in the last 12 months, have processed more than 1.2 million…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEurostar St Pancras: Border ControlI thank the noble Viscount for raising that important point. We anticipate that future digitisation, both in the EU system and in our own electronic travel authorisation scheme,…28 Feb 2023HANSARDAuthority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 9 January be approved. Relevant document: 26th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…27 Feb 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Accommodation in HotelsThe contracts with the three providers, who then engage the hotel accommodation, are of course commercially sensitive and the Home Office cannot therefore publish their contents.…21 Feb 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Accommodation in HotelsI will deal first with the question about UASCs. As I updated the House in an earlier answer, of course unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are not detained or in any way…21 Feb 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Accommodation in HotelsOf course I will look at the proposal that my noble friend recommends. The Homes for Ukraine scheme is different from Afghan applications for asylum in that it is anticipated—and…21 Feb 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Accommodation in HotelsThe Home Office is working to reduce the Government’s dependency on hotels for contingency accommodation through a package of long-term and short-term measures. The full dispersal…21 Feb 2023HANSARDAuthority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2023As I sought to make clear in my earlier remarks, the common travel area is obviously where the slight difficulty arises as there is no obligation to show your passport to get in…21 Feb 2023HANSARDAuthority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2023This is the reference in paragraph 14(d) of the draft scheme. Clearly, this is not being added by these changes. However, I can reassure the noble Baroness that the courts have…21 Feb 2023HANSARDAuthority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2023Forgive me: I covered that in my own mind when I explained the scheme, but I realise that I should have spelled it out more clearly, which I will now do. Those parts of the scheme…21 Feb 2023HANSARDAuthority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2023I thank noble Lords for their contributions and questions. I think I have answers to them all, and I will take them in turn. I turn first to matters raised by the noble Baroness,…21 Feb 2023HANSARDAuthority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2023My Lords, the purpose of these regulations, laid under Sections 23(2) and 24(7) of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, is to give effect to the Authority to Carry Scheme…21 Feb 2023