Statement on the UK Border Agency

UK Border Agency

Following allegations in November 2011 that security checks were not being implemented properly and that border controls had been relaxed without ministerial approval; the Home Secretary commissioned John Vine, the independent chief inspector of the UK Border Agency, to report on what had happened.

The report summarising the investigation into border security checks was laid before the House of Commons on 20 February 2012.

• The Vine Report: Investigation into border security checks

Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department, Yvette Cooper, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.

Watch and read the statement and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard. Also find current parliamentary material on immigration in the Topics and News sections.

• Parliament TV: Statement on the UK Border Agency
• Commons Hansard: Statement on the UK Border Agency
• Topics: Immigration
• Parliamentary news: Immigration

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Oral statements are made after Question Time (or at 11am on a Friday). Statements normally relate to matters of policy or government actions. At the end of a statement, MPs can respond or question the government minister on its contents.

• About Parliament: Ministerial statements