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Channel Tunnel

Volume 163: debated on Thursday 7 December 1989

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71.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he has given to the conduct of immigration procedures and passport controls for persons travelling in the proposed Channel tunnel; and if he will make a statement.

We intend to put in place procedures which, without unnecessarily impeding the flow of bona fide travellers, will serve to maintain effective immigration control. I hope to make an announcement on the detail of the procedures shortly.