MPs battle to scrap manual security checks at airports in favour of time-saving technology

14th July 2011

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Security measures at airports such as removing shoes and belts or taking a laptop out of its carry-case could soon be phased out in a bid to reduce passenger queues.

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Whitehall is said to be considering scrapping removing the time-consuming 'one approach for all' manual checks and introducing better technology to do a similar job instead.