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Home Sec has written to EU states on security preparations for No Deal - recognising alternatives are “more manual and less efficient” & crucially that there is an “operational gap” from losing access to the SIS2 criminal database 1/ 
Letter admits there is ‘no non-EU fallback mechanism’ at all for Passenger Name Records even tho it’s important mechanism for identifying serious criminals and terror suspects trying to travel to and from UK. 2/
All of this shows why the top counter-terror police officer in the country has warned that No Deal would mean a ‘very serious flaw’ in our security arrangements 3/
The most basic responsibility of Government is to keep the country safe. No Deal will make that more difficult. What kind of Government would do that when it could be avoided? 4/
That’s why cross-party MPs will come together next week to put forward a Bill to prevent the Prime Minister leaving everything til the last minute and taking us over the cliff-edge by accident. Responsible ministers need to join us and say No to No Deal 5/
