MPs call for UK only passport lines
01.02.11
UK citizens should have their own passport lines at domestic airports and ports, a group of MPs has said. UK passport holders returning home are left ‘frustrated and angry’ by long delays at border controls and action is needed, they have said. Conservative Douglas Carswell, among those backing the move, said a UK-only passport lane was a ‘sensible’ step and other countries had something similar.
At the moment, British nationals returning to the UK use the same queue at passport control as other EU nationals as well as citizens of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Labour MP Kate Hoey has tabled an early day motion calling on ministers to ‘reintroduce’ dedicated lanes for UK passport holders at British ports of entry - which its supporters say were in place as recently as the 1980s. It urges MPs to ‘recognise the frustration and anger of many British citizens in having to wait in long queues at entry points on re-entering the country.'
Early day motions are designed to draw attention to an issue and show the level of support among parliamentarians and do not necessarily end up being debated in Parliament.
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