§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in what circumstances he would682W recommend to Parliament that the United Kingdom becomes a party to the Schengen agreement of 14 June 1985; [20361]
(2) whether the United Kingdom will join the Schengen agreement; and to what extent joining will be dependent on matters of immigration and asylum being taken out of the European Union. [20359]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerWe have no intention of becoming a party to the Schengen agreement, which would be inconsistent with the maintenance of our system of frontier controls.