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People Smuggling: Organised Crime

Asked by John LamontConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 24 July 2025UIN 67423

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the (a) joint working arrangements and (b) enforcement plans to help tackle people smuggling gangs that were agreed with France on 27 February 2025

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the Hon Member to the oral statement made to the House by the Home Secretary on 14 July.

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