Tuesday 28 February 2023

PQ: 28 February 2023

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2023-02-28a.124.5

Eurostar St Pancras: Border Control - Question

– in the House of Lords at 2:48 pm on 28th February 2023.

Baroness Coussins Crossbench

My Lords, on speeding things up, is there any truth in the rumour that the Government want to deal with the asylum backlog by requiring applications in writing in English, using online translation tools? If so, is the Minister aware that where complex details and evidence on trafficking, for example, are machine translated, the frequency and severity of errors in this unregulated field is notoriously high, and should not be used without human oversight, such as the provision of professionally qualified public service interpreters?

Lord Murray of Blidworth The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

I am afraid that that question is a very long way from the Question about steps to increase the flow of passengers through the border control at Eurostar, and the Companion is quite clear on this topic. If the noble Baroness wishes to ask questions about this, she must do so in the correct way.

No comments:

Post a Comment