Major Incident in Essex

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:43 pm on 28 October 2019.

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Photo of Priti Patel Priti Patel The Secretary of State for the Home Department 3:43, 28 October 2019

I thank the hon. and learned Lady for her comments on the actual incident in Essex, and on the issue at hand in terms of people smuggling and the 39 deaths. On her comments about security co-operation, I re-emphasise and restate that we continue to be one of the safest countries in the world and we will be a global leader in security.

The hon. and learned Lady asks about Europol. We can continue to work with Europol when we leave the EU: it is possible for third countries to do that, and there are very good examples of third countries, including the United States, doing so.