Lord Steel of Aikwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Steel of Aikwood on 2016-07-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in order to welcome tourists to Scotland and the North of England, they plan to instruct the Border Agency to reduce its processing time of vehicles at Newcastle arriving off the ferry from Amsterdam.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

Border Force has carried out a significant transformation programme at Port of Tyne to improve border security and customer service. Joint investment with the port operator in new infrastructure has significantly reduced passenger processing times and the port operator has confirmed a noticeable improvement compared to previous years.