Question follow-through · 30696
Border Security Command
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause eight of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, which civil servants would be eligible to serve as the Interim Border Security Commander.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 14 Feb 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause eight of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, which civil servants would be eligible to serve as the Interim Border Security Commander.
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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14 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Border Security Command (BSC) was established on 5 July 2024 and Martin Hewitt CBE QPM took on the role of Border Security Commander on 7 October 2024. The BSC’s first priority is tackling organised immigration crime (OIC) and reducing irregular migra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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