HC Deb 15 June 1989 vol 154 cc503-4W
16. Mr. Patnick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a further statement on his plans to ensure that prohibited drugs are not imported into the United Kingdom after 1992.

Mr. Hurd

In our discussions with other member states of the European Community, we are maintaining the position that, given our island geography, frontier checks are, and will continue to be, an indispensible part of the protection for our citizens against the evil of drug trafficking. Sir Leon Brittan confirmed in a speech to the Association of Chief Police Officers' drugs conference on 20 April that the control of drugs trafficking involves, among other things, the ability to conduct checks.