Today, David Cameron and the Shadow Security Team launched a new green paper on National Security. I’m pleased that our national security approach will be designed to harness the entire effort of the Government, including:
- Setting up a proper National Security Council to ensure that the Government’s preparations for and response to threats and hazards are co-ordinated – an end to Blair-style “sofa government”
- Creating a new Permanent Military Command for Homeland Defence and Security to reinforce on our capacity to deal with emergencies in the UK.
- Enhanced cyber security, including a Cyber Threat and Assessment Centre (CTAC)
It was very timely, then, that today I had the opportunity to visit Manchester Airport, including a detailed look at their security operation and a briefing on the new full-body imaging which is being trialled in Terminal 2.
It was a fascinating visit and I’m very grateful to Emma and Caroline at Manchester Airports Group for their time. Myself and my colleague Janet Clowes (Wythenshawe & Sale East) raised a number of important issues including transport links to Worsley & Eccles South, each of which are probably worth their own article on this website.
(The picture is me with the full-body scanner – the briefing was fascinating but I’m not sure whether the imaging pose is more Rocky Horror or Macarena!)
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