Question follow-through · 107680

Eurostar: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 99775, what her planned timetable is for improvements to security, flow and passenger experience for UK-bound passengers at Paris Gare du Nord.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
26 Jan 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 99775, what her planned timetable is for improvements to security, flow and passenger experience for UK-bound passengers at Paris Gare du Nord.

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    In the Immigration White Paper, the Government set out our ambition to use new technologies to increase the use of automation at the UK border, including at Paris Gare du Nord, and deliver visible changes to security, passenger flow and the customer exper...

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