UK and French authorities should have more “latitude” to collaborate with each other and implement a much more phased approach to the introduction of the new EU border rules, a House of Lords committee has heard.
This latest delay will only create confusion in the minds of UK travellers, said Julia Lo Bue-Said (Credit: iStock)
Eurostar general secretary Gareth Williams told the Justice and Home Affairs committee he would like to start testing the EU Entry-Exit system (EES) – whose roll-out has been delayed yet again – on between 5% and 10% of holidaymakers to see how the technology is working “in a real-world environment”.
“[I would like] to take away that element of Big Bang and build confidence and experience progressively from there,” Williams said on Tuesday (15 October).
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