Question follow-through · 112341
UK Border Force
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Border Force personnel are qualified to conduct Visit, Board, Search, Seizure operations.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Migrant Workers · 11 Feb 2026
- Migrant Workers · 11 Feb 2026
- Immigration Officers · 23 Feb 2026
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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
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Border Force personnel are qualified to conduct Visit, Board, Search, Seizure operations.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2026
Answer published
Border Force officers operate using a range of powers from the Immigration Act 1971, The Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, The Criminal Justic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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