Flick Drummond – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Flick Drummond on 2016-10-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the French government on the deployment of armed police on ferries operating across the English Channel.

Mr Ben Wallace

Earlier this year officials met, and have since been working closely with, French counterparts to discuss the current trial deployments of French sea marshals.

Arrangements for maritime security, including on cross -channel ferries, are kept under constant review.