Troubling @CommonsHomeAffs session today.

I asked Minister for Future Borders & Immigration what future border security checks will be in Jan if we lose access to the SIS2 criminal database currently used to check everyone.

Neither Minister nor officials cd tell us /1
Govt says we’re likely to lose access to SIS2 for border checks in Jan

But also says they will exclude more foreign criminals

I asked how they plan to do that if they have no idea who they are

Minister says they’ll check the database

Back to my question. Which database? /2
It matters. Senior police officers tell us often how vital SIS2 is in finding/stopping serious criminals, terror suspects, sex offenders at the border & within UK. We check it 600m times pa. So if we’ll lose access to SIS2 in Jan, surely Govt has work underway on replacement? /3
Tried again.

If there are serious criminals we want to keep out of the country, how will we know who they are?

Where will the information be held?

Can it be checked in real time at the border?

No answer

This is for January /4
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