HC Deb 27 October 1997 vol 299 cc741-2W
Mr. Linton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his policy on the retention of United Kingdom border controls with the rest of the European Union. [11848]

Ms Quin

We intend to retain the United Kingdom's system of frontier controls. In the treaty of Amsterdam we have obtained legal confirmation of the right to maintain controls at our frontiers with other member states of the European Union.