Examination of Witnesses

Part of Civil Aviation Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:46 pm on 23 February 2012.

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Mrs Villiers: That is certainly an interesting idea, and the concept of looking at the entire journey though the airport is one in which passengers are interested. What the UKBA has been doing at Gatwick is an interesting example of a pilot that has seen more integrated working between it and the airport operator and the sharing of additional data compared with that available at other ports. That is an example of where the UKBA is already engaging and starting to respond to some of the concerns that my hon. Friends have raised and, indeed, were raised by the Government’s south-east airports task force. The UKBA may be prepared to consider such an approach elsewhere in the future, which would benefit passengers.