| Heading: |
USA: Edinburgh Airport |
| Question ID: |
1816027 |
| UIN: |
62440 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5275 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Graeme Downie
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| Asking Member handle: |
GraemeDownieMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@GraemeDownieMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last discussed the possibility of a US Customs pre-clearance at Edinburgh Airport with US counterparts. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4264 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Doughty
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| Answering Member handle: |
SDoughtyMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SDoughtyMP
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
A decision to explore US pre-clearance is primarily a commercial decision for airport operators. An outline commercial agreement between the airport operator and US authorities would be required before any formal discussions between the UK and US governme... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |