NATO and European Political Community Meetings

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:45 pm on 22 July 2024.

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Photo of Keir Starmer Keir Starmer Leader of the Labour Party, The Prime Minister 2:45, 22 July 2024

We have taken early measures, because the British people want to see an impact and a difference. They feel very much that in recent years there has been a loss of control of the borders. That is a matter of border security and, actually, national security. That is why we have acted quickly to begin the steps to set up the border security command. It is why we have already begun to put more staff in the returns unit, and taken a decision on the upstream work needed to reduce the likelihood of migration in the first place. They are early steps, and I am not going to put an arbitrary date on that, but I do understand the thrust of the question; this is an area of great importance, where British people want to see a material change in the situation.