Millions of passengers' details 'should be given to the Government' says the Telegraph.
Using Anti-Terror laws, confidential personal details of millions of passengers flying into and out of Britain should he handed over to the Government to help them fight crime, ministers will say today.
Immigration minister Liam Byrne is also likely to say that these powers to probe passenger records should also be extended to other forms of travel like the Eurostar train service between the UK and the Continent.
The news will alarm critics of the so-called Big Brother state which has seen the Government encroach further into the private lives of British citizens.
There were 200 million so-called passenger movements across UK borders last year. By 2015 this figure is likely to have risen to 300 million.
Currently European Union regulations restrict the use of so-called of "Passenger Name Record" data, including names and addresses, to Governments to fight the threat from terrorists and organised crime.
However the Home Office has said that it believes these rules are too narrow and enforcement officers should be able to use the information to battle "any serious crime".
The UK wants the information to be made available for domestic flights and those between EU states. Currently the information can only be downloaded for flights between a European Union state and a third country.
Every move you make, every flight you take, I'll be watching you........
So much for free movement of citizens in the EU, for open borders. Every day the UK becomes more like Erich Honecker's East Germany.
How long before we are required to carry an internal passport to travel throughout the UK. Ohh, I was forgetting, we are going to get to carry an ID card.
We shall say this again on this blog:
There is no left or right in politics any more.
This battle is about one thing, Authority versus Liberty.
There IS another way!
Your Life, Your Country, Your Choice.
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They own your life.
They rule your country.
They make choices for you.
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